Make sure your criteria is nondiscriminatory, and apply it every time, and don't bend it, if you want to avoid lawsuits and fines.Someone mentioned avoiding military.

Clear title means that there no other claims upon the title interests of record owners, such as mortgages, tax liens, judgments and defects in the recorded chain of ownership.It make look like a little thing to you but may mean your title includes lots of attached baggage, like undisclosed debts, liens, lawsuits and even brownfield issues (hazardous substances).I hated title research when I started many years ago but came to learn how to make money from the mistakes and oversights  by others.

You do not want to be caught up in a discrimination lawsuit.

If you try and remove it before turning it over to the bank, you'll find a lawsuit in the mail.

It is solely there to protect your assets if and when a lawsuit reaches your desk.

Another person considers taking someone's security deposit not to actually use it for repairs, just on a matter of their own individual morals, as a way of teaching them a lesson.I know who I'd rather do business with.Anyways, hope OP doesn't end up in court due to a lawsuit over this, or in court over mishandling the marijuana that they possessed after their tenant left.

A special assessment (and likely an associated lawsuit) takes out most financing options.

Everyday that you wait opens you up further to a lawsuit.  

(Since commercial financing can difficult to secure) I'd use the first floor or main house for the business and live either upstairs or in the mother-in-law suite.

They have bought houses with in law suites etc.