@Aaron Edmondson - be very careful of HETPA(home equity theft prevention act.)

Could this be preventing them from even coming to the house?

If we're talking just about asset protection and assuming you're doing your part, insurance prevents nuisance lawsuits.

What you learn from the mistake and how you can prevent being in a similar circumstance down the road@Brie Schmidt@John Casmon

The following is not a legal opinion (I'm not an attorney) but it is a practical opinion having taken assignment, having assigned contracts, and having purposefully prevented assignments and having heard attorney's opinions on this about 3 or 4 dozen times over the course of my career for real estate contracts in Ohio. 

Usually if the tenant doesn't pay utilities they can't get a new account in the same area and it goes on their credit report preventing them from getting service elsewhere. 

During an inspection by the city, it was noted that the system lacks a backflow prevention device, which is not up to city code.3.

I realize now I worried entirely too much about the what if's on this deal and being more prepared would have helped to prevent this.Structurally if I were to do this again, I'd of created a trust instead of holding in my company name and changed the email and mailing address for notifications.

Or, if he really wants the property and is looking for ways he can afford it, he could again sit down and write out questions he doesn’t have the answers to that are preventing any action at all:1) what’s the property worth now as is?

If you're paying $700 a month, you get pissed and do everything u can to prevent getting dings.So the real value of section 8 vs not section 8 is the tenant and wear on your property.