Texas code Sec. 92.010 says:  the maximum number of adults that a landlord may allow to occupy a dwelling is three times the number of bedrooms in the dwelling. 

If I seem emotional, that's why :-) Also, I've tried to talk to them like an adult, and they make excuses not to answer my calls and want to hash everything out over text.

need strong active and experienced alpha male type manager who will vidit walk thru inspect monthly . most downtown lewiston is sec 8 and non working adults. a large population of class d houses that are damaged and tenants here work eviction court system every Wednesday. 

Keep in mind, if it is close to auction date, they may not even entertain it or pass the offer along.

Looking at a house in my local Sheriff sale foreclosure auction.There are 3 other adults listed on the mortgage as intervenors, looks like 2 sons and a daughter or daughter in law.I believe they are each declaring bankruptcy one by one to extend the foreclosure date.

my sampling of those podcast showed them to be rather Upper-Canada centric ... nonetheless they can be entertaining and do contain the odd bit of usefulness.

Okay - good to know that some hard money lenders would entertain approving funds for a deal not yet under contract. 

The Vendor was unwilling to undertake the work to have the tanks removed and {possibly} the soil remediated - nor would he entertain a reduction in price or an escrow of a portion of the purchase price in exchange for us tackling the issue - and the deal came unravelled.Now being obliged to disclose the results of the Phase I to other potential suiters, the Vendor ended up removing the tanks some months later.Most jurisdictions in Canada will require an abandoned UST to be removed ... even it not abandoned, if the tank is older and steel, it may have to come out.

We have also entertained the idea of a HELOC, but with the interest rates being variable, I believe that if interest rates increase drastically (which I believe will happen over the next few years), that may not be our best option. 

I have a tenant (2 adults, 2 children, 1 dog and 1 car).