The code I have been quoted says "Whenever any person, whether as the owner or agent for the owner,rents, leases or has available for rent or lease, one or more residentialunits, such person shall be deemed to be in the residential rentalbusiness."

The tenants are still under lease, so why would they get their deposits back?

If they really mean a local contact, find a good cleaner and they will be your contact locally.

The average price per land for urban infill going 6-12 stories high on a higher density product is about 5 million an acre up to about 25 million an acre. downtown market premiums I've seen at the highest are 1200 a sq ft. in columbus you can get land about 1.5 million per acre downtown at best price, sells for about 600 a sq ft max, very little competition compared to miami. tampa I didn't really look at too much because miami has 22 zip codes that you can build at least 6 or 8 stories on and just a much better landscape than other markets. tampa is a little bit bigger than columbus but in my opinion more of a suburban market. miami is landlocked and very limited so everything is in redevelopment. both are amazing opportunities but the barrier to entry is much higher in Miami with the smallest plots of land infill going for at least 1.5 million I would say in areas like Wynwood Norte, Wynwood, etc. we looked all over but prefer east of 95 due to the condominium opportunities. multifamily is very strong in both markets but the condo premiums make it almost silly not to do one from the start and the use of deposits versus a single asset lease up and disposition is a longer sales cycle than the condo buildings being sold out prior to completion.

With regards to issues involving the contract, it's literally "Charlie Brown teacher" to my ears.Also, only offering MTM leases allows you to more easily mitigate a tenancy where someone is acting incongruent with your initial impression of them.

Is the year long lease void completely or is it only void for the time the water is out? 

I also have a few leasing agents and buyers agents that have my information and get a lot of mid term rentals that way.

This 4-bedroom, 1.5-bath brick bungalow is currently tenanted with a long-term tenant of 5+ years, generating $900 per month on a month-to-month lease.

In Maryland, there is no statewide law that sets a specific limit on late fees in commercial leases.

The lease agreement has a clause that acknowledges that the property is part of an HOA and that tenant indemnifies the landlord from non-performance ("hold harmless" clause).