Hi Troy.. I have a couple of section 8 tenants, been dealing with a few years what do you want to know? Any specific questions? I assume you know or have read basics, money is always on time. Sometimes not the best tenants, but that depends on screening, unless you inherit tenants. I had to evict a tenant a couple of years ago here in Los Angeles ,my first eviction . The tenant knew the system (process) I had no clue. I got an Eviction attorney and at the end of it all, I felt like I got screwed. In retrospect wasn't as bad as it could have been if the tenant was not section 8. Section8 paid rent through the Eviction process which took about 5 months. I missed the $180 a month for that period which was the tenant portion of rent. I would of lost entire rent of $2100 non section8 tenant for that period.
In my experience section 8 office does not really help landlords, when I have called or sent emails to case workers assigned to family in my rental units, they dont reply to emails or messages. I was lucky enough to catch them on the phone, I asked if they could counsel tenant regarding late payment and inspect unit for cleanliness. I was told to seek legal help.(I asked, I didn't know better)
Anyways feel free to reach out if you got any questions, glad to help.
