Just a reminder though, before you start your out of state investments, it is best to make sure that you have proper systems in place.You can learn more from David Green's The Core 4 Members Vital to a Profitable Long-Distance Real Estate Investing Team this link here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Specifically, is the landlord financially responsible for securing another residence for the tenant and assuming all housing rent & relocation costs until the landlord's rental house is once again considered in a habitable state?

That habit is more important than anything you can learn on BP.  

I understand why this would be frustrating for an owner, but having the separation between you and the tenant is vital to making the whole thing work. 

The back units consist of 2 individual 1150sq ft houses in need of full renovation but still habitable leaving the main house 2200 sq ft towards the front of the land.

Sales taxes for the state are comparatively low at 6.25% (it can reach a maximum limit of 8.25%), and Texas is one of nine states that does not have personal income taxes.However, as taxation is a vital source of revenue for local government, the burden falls squarely on property taxation to compensate for the lack of other revenue.

Those are generally limited to things such as violations of habitability, military duty, landlord harassment.Under CA laws, landlords are required to minimize losses if a tenant prematurely vacates a rental.

Definitely, hygiene and clean apartment is a good habit.

@Remington Lyman Thank you Remington I am currently working to get the team together based on the feedback so far a CPA is vital for a Canadian investors like myself.

So I kicked the habit - I stopped going to seminars and started to apply some of those ideas that were preached by speakers who were experts at extracting fees from me.I started to attend real estate auctions, studying the process - watching others make a lot of money - I decided to get a credit line - increase my credit card limits and started looking for properties (cheap- ugly buildings) in the neighborhood where real estate auctions were taking place - my primary goal at this time was to learn the market in the area where I wanted to control real estate - I would look at 50-60 houses (but made no offers - when agents would try to qualify me I just said "I have a small inheritance and will not need financing) - I kept a journal of the price per square foot,  comparing properties, and all comments made by sellers and agents (this helped me to find the seller dominate selling motive),  that was helpful - but I soon discovered that I was just looking for real estate in the conventional way  - I needed to do something else - so I started to look for owners of real estate who had problems (I applied Power Prospecting formulas) and at the same time studying creative real estate techniques from the old masters in the industry - became a member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange, hosted a real estate investor club and started to give mini creative financing seminars  while networking with those I wanted to emulate.