They get a plethora of tax writeoffs, tons of loans and grants for home modifications, and there are a lot of requirements as to the condition of the property or teh sale will be denied.

(you decide this figure...I usually ask for 4x) times the stated rent and show no negative credit reports and co-signer must be US Citizen or legal resident.Will you deny rental if any of these are on the applicants credit/rental history:---past due rent or an outstanding balance ---prior/current landlord gives a negative reference or refuses to give a reference ---Three (3) or more 72-hour notices within a period of one year ---Three (3) or more NSF checks within a period of one year.

You can talk to the tenant, but he'll either try to deny it or he'll promise that he'll disconnect it.

., then you probably do not wish for the earnings to be repatriated as they are of better use if kept in-country.I don't deny this, and as a Canadian investor we have to deal with currency risk on top of the usual risks of real estate investing. 

I think you may be able to argue that allowing a service dog is not "reasonable" for you as a landlord due to another tenant's disability, so you could justifiably deny the dog. 

For the ones I handle on my own, one state limits the use of application fees to actual costs and you must return any amount not used by you if you deny the application, so might work there.  

The last thing you want/need is this tenant to be injured while doing such work, only to find your liability insurance will deny the claim based upon such an “arrangement”.Also, if you are rehabbing and flipping houses, do not purchase the materials foryour contractors as this too will imply an employee/employer relationship.Get your bid.Pay your contractor and have him buy his own materials based on the bid.

The intent of the law was to prevent unscrupulous landlords from accepting rental application fees without letting the prospective tenant know their rental criteria and then denying them.

The bid was denied and kept "on file as a backup".

Also, go watch Denis Leary's documentary "Burn".