Looks like you are not willing to enforce the terms of the lease.

All the signs point to them being fairly good tenants but I don't want to get into a situation where we can't even enforce the terms of the lease because our names aren't on it.

Fewer workers required causes higher unemployment.Unemployment is a lagging indicator of a recession, which re-enforces this idea.

The reason is that as soon as you get code enforcement involved, it's less about the additional bedroom and more about GFCI outlets and railings and stair heights.

I should have posted a long time ago, this is a beautiful community.According to an attorney there is a second mortgage/lien for around 100K, and she said it's possible the holder of that loan won't try to  collect or enforce their lien. 

I also don't believe there is any federal rule for enforcing escrow but I think there are state by state rules.

I wouldn’t put too much stock in a co-signer simply because it’s a tough thing to enforce.

I lived in Texas until 10 years ago and , unless things changed only CITIES could enforce building codes.

He says since the city is hard on short term rental owners, and the city enforces like crazy.

These laws are only enforced via complaints though, which means that a ton of people get away with it.