Such restrictions are usually found only in written leases, and tenants who occupy without a written lease (called an “oral month-to-month lease”) are usually free of such restrictions.

The one thing that caused "friction" was when the "oral" agreements were not followed to the same extent by both sides.

You must have a team in place that has a long-term mutual benefit or all you will have is headaches.

Be sure to check for any cavities with hidden drugs or paraphernalia.

Flexibility in how much dwelling coverage you can (or must) get is a key driver of cost along with the deductible and additional coverages (like lost rent, damage from water leaks, etc).Many investors get an Umbrella policy ($1-3M additional liability coverage) over a group of properties (or all of them) in addition to the liability coverage they have per property. 

Some apartments will have some or all of the utilities individually metered.

I guess from a big picture karma point of view, I'm not sure you wouldn't be better off just working this out and returning most or all of the deposit.Also, your statement that "she breached the contract so legally I don't owe her a penny" is likely not correct.

My logic behind this is that the pet owners have more incentive to make sure the pet is taken care of in a manner that limits its ability to cause damage if they know they can get some or all of their deposit back.

I think in my state or all states an LLC can “own” other LLCs but not sure yet.So if the piercing process looked like this,Mother LLC (assets) owns LLC-1 and house 1, owns LLC-2 and house 2, etc., and the legal process is to rule against LLC-1 and or LLC-2 first to determine fault, then rule against Mother LLC it make a hierarchy of defense and legal complexity.

If any person takes any adverse action with respect to any consumer that is basedin whole or in part on any information contained in a consumer report, the person shall (1) provide oral, written, or electronic notice of the adverse action to the consumer;(2) provide to the consumer written or electronic disclosure(A) of a numerical credit score as defined in section 609(f)(2)(A) used by such person in taking any adverse action based in whole or in part on any information in a consumer report; and(B) of the information set forth in sub-paragraphs (B) through (E) of section 609(f)(1);(3) provide to the consumer orally, in writing, or electronically (A) the name, address, and telephone number of the consumer reporting agency (including a toll-free telephone number established by the agency if the agency compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis) that furnished the report to the person; and(B) a statement that the consumer reporting agency did not make the decision to take the adverse action and is unable to provide the consumer the specific reasons why the adverse action was taken