I have found thieves are extremely stupid that is why they are theives. I open all the blinds and leave all the lights on in every room of an empty house so thieves can see in. I even leave the closet doors open so they can see in the closets. As long as they can see every inch of the inside of the house and see the house is empty and there is nothing to steel they will not break in. If I close the blinds and turn the lights off thieves will break in just to see if there is something inside to steel.
I have learned not to rent to working class Americans. They are perfessional renters. They have all the money saved for first months rent and deposit but after they get moved in they have no more money. They have every excust in the world why they can not pay, car broke had to get it repair, sick missed a week work, wife was in hospital, out of town for a week death in family missed a weeks work, unexpected bills, and the list goes on and on. The law in this state protect the renter I can not legally get them out for 3 months and the smart renters will refuse to answer the door when someone comes to deliver the notice to appear in court. If they can not be served notice to appear they do not have to appear in court so by avoiding being served they may get to live in the house without paying for 6 to 9 months. In the mean time they save enough money to cheat their next land lord when they finally have to move. I have learned a cool trick. Buy law the landlord is allowed to do maintenance to keep the house safe. If the renters do not pay I call the electric company and tell them the wires from the main braker to the watt meter are bad and I need to have an electrician replace the bad wires. I want the electricity turned off. Power company argues the renters are paying and we can not turn them off. I tell the power company if the wires short out and the house burns down your responsible for refusing to let me fix the problem. I get put on hold about 30 seconds then I am told electricity will be off in 15 minutes. Electricity is turns off at the power line pole the meter is pulled and you can not get the electricity turned on again without an inspection. Dead beat renters will be moved and gone on their own in 2 days no one will live in a house with no electricity they can't watch cable TV, charge their cell phones or get on the internet so the move. It saves me the hastle of taking them to court.
College students are the best renters. First question I ask is, are they football players or basket ball players. If yes I refuse to rent to them they are big partiers and very distructive. They can distroy a house in one month. If they are junior or seniors I rent to them.
Second best renters are foreigners. Mexican, India, Chinese are all good renters.
Americans are the worse renters. I tell them all go to a certain agency fill out the papers, pay the fee, if you pass I will rent to you. They leave and are never heard from again.