It can be frustrating, but here’s how I handled a similar situation in the past.I noticed a pattern with one of my tenants and suspected the damages weren’t accidental.

Build Your Vendor Army - Property Maintenance Tech's Edition A big pattern in the rental market right now is the rising cost of emergency maintenance. 

While the learning curve was steeper than expected (spent a good amount of time figuring out effective prompting patterns and workspace management), the payoff has been substantial.I've been building some pretty sophisticated property analysis pipelines, integrating semantic search capabilities, and automating some of my more "boring yet required" workflows.

•If they clean up and stop, you can’t evict over past incidents—but repeated violations mean new notices, and judges usually side with landlords if there’s a documented pattern.4.

Thanks  The main thing I look at aside from a reasonable wear layer and pattern & texture (hides scratches) is the quality of the locking system.

I also track renewal patterns closely.

The reward comes slowly, compounding while everyone else gets distracted.Startups follow the same pattern.

A pattern has started, and now he' testing the waters to see what he can get away with in the long run, which means you no longer have authority in the relationship.

The employment has been on a good growth pattern for a while.For an investor in your position looking to grow a portfolio I would suggest looking at a smaller multi unit.  2-4 unit properties will get you a taste of multi fam but you will still be able to qualify for the property with normal residential financing. 

However, lets change the fact pattern around and let's say the tree limb falls,  tenants repeatedly report the issue and you don't take reasonable or timely action to remedy the situation.