Actually, the Mexicans have pretty much done that by turning a no man's land in the early 70's into today's Cancun and Riviera Maya, one of the world's 10 most visited tourist destinations.

Periodic inspections):(c) In no event may a local government do any of the following: (i) adopt or enforce any ordinance that would require any owner or manager of rental property to obtain any permit or permission under Article 11 or Article 12 of this Chapter from the local government to lease or rent residential real property or to register rental property with the local government, except for [gross code violations]Why are they bringing this bill to the floor now?

If she really thinks rents are going to get down to a few hundred dollars you are loosing your tenants if you don't come down as well so you may as well take the money while you can. 

I looked at a property in the same condition, complete covered exterior, and was told that for all the trouble to take precaution to cover it up (which is being disturbed anyway), I may as well pay to have it removed.

@Troy Bailey cool, I'll be visiting there in May as well.

How should you go about determining if you have received a legitimate request to make an accommodation for an assistance animal, and what may a landlord legally ask for in order to evaluate the legitimacy of the request?

Be careful because if they value of your portfolio drops the amount they will lend drops and you may a a call to pay back a portion of your loan.  

I would love to hear your thoughtsCheers,Maya

@Patrick Nissim if you're going to make a trip from California to tour Detroit you may as well pop over to Cleveland too.

If you are NOT planning on doing first class postage, you may as well do postcards, as the open/read rates get more similar.