If tenant raises factual defenses such as falsifying the lease or claiming they paid rent, there would be a brief trial which you would be prepared to testify against. 

You might choose not to renew leases, make improvements, and then raise rents after taking over.

Great point, there's also two different behaviors that can logically result from same estimates for future inflation: raise lending rates, OR buy hard assets.

How much can you raise the rent?

This is the time I use muscle over legal.

This lack of responsibility and fairness raises serious doubts about the integrity of the program.Additionally, Kristin Witherspoon has also demonstrated a concerning pattern of wrongful terminations.

With the use of VRBO, Booking.com and direct bookings can all raise your chances of staying booked and being successful.  

If things start getting tight, you can always switch to doing work for clients too in order to raise funds. 

This raised the question to the other tenant, "would I be docked for late rent on my credit score if the other tenant doesn't pay on time?". 

Rents will keep raising in most markets so bank on that for additional cash flow in the upcoming years.