However, landlords must ensure that their late fee provisions are "reasonable" and do not violate the state's usury laws, which prohibit excessive interest rates and charges.Under Maryland law, commercial landlords are required to give tenants at least 45 days' notice before increasing rent or changing other lease terms, including late fees.

In the rare circumstances that large-scale events prevent or legally prohibit completion of a reservation, the Major Disruptive Events Policy (the “Policy”) may apply.

I certainly believe you'd find many applicants in Old Town, but prices were a bit prohibitive for us.

Contractors all the time either fail to finish or finish in a way that prohibits you in selling and exiting or refinancing at the number you expected and now you have to leave way more in than you thought. 

There's always the traditional sub-metering option if you are going in and doing some extensive work to the property as well but I've found that to be prohibitively expensive on my properties so far. 

Only way I will lock myself into 1 is if the exit fees are not prohibitive and % basis points is within acceptable ask price from the present lending rates, can surely go in for a higher deposit to tilt the balance towards positive cashflow i.e 25%-35%.

Depends on the contract language, but under typical language the seller is obligated to the sale if all contract terms have been met, and the jilted buyer can usually get a legal block prohibiting the sale to another party.

But for most small units off beach that may do $30k it is cost prohibitive and I have never seen one that fully offsets cost of utilities and some maintenance. 

Doing so could be considered a form of illegal eviction or "self-help eviction," which is prohibited by law.

I shake my head at the 1/4 mile restriction because the idea that you can be prohibited from doing something with your home because one of your neighbors is already doing it doesn't seem right to me.