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  has chosen the ten best new cars to have in 2017, judged on offerings like safety, reliability and customer satisfaction. Before earning the Top Pick status, a model must first go through CR's carefully-crafted and rigorous test procedures and, naturally, score higher than its competitors. Without further ado, CR's Top Picks for 2017 are the following: #Subcompact: Toyota Yaris iA Formerly known as the Scion iA and developed on the same architecture as the Mazda2, the renamed Toyota Yaris iA impressed the CR jury with its refined four-cyl engine and smooth six-speed auto coupled with deft steering. It looks like budget sedans can still be sought-after after all. (On-the-road score: 60, fuel efficiency: 35 mpg combined). #Compact: Chevrolet Cruze The Cruze (only facelifted, not a new model) managed to surpass the likes of Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla thanks to its noise-free ride and a nippy yet thrifty turbo powerplant. (On-the-road score: 77, fuel efficiency: 30 mpg combin

 I was asked recently if we provided monthly rental home inspections. I assume what was meant was the kind of inspection where we go into the property, check everything out, eat dinner with the tenants, and then help any young children with their homework. Then we'd set a time to visit again the next month before hugging goodbye. Smiles would be all around. This type of inspection would work if we were renting out the "Little House on the Prairie" and the harvest was plentiful that fall. But I'm not even sure how welcome we'd be if the rain wasn't coming and Pa had to sell one of their prized cows to make ends meet. And I'm not sure how happy they would be to have another mouth to feed when we stopped by for our monthly inspection; we'd, of course, be slightly embarrassed that dinner conversation would focus on the eviction our clients, the Olsen's, are ordering us to execute on them ("If rent isn't paid, file for eviction on the Ingalls&#