Equally important, since the non-compliance penalties are ridiculously harsh, it tends to drive you towards absolute avoidance of compliance risk.

This may seem harsh judging by several folks comments on here but I think it is really the most compassionate path.

Transients may seem like a harsh description of renters/vacationers but it is what it is. 

@Chris Harjes,Mel's response is a bit harsh, but he's not wrong, either.

When operating off of imperfect information, as one always does, assumptions have to be reasonable.Inexperience and ignorance (harsh word, but many in business ignore readily available news) are challenges. 

I believe that's a bit harsh; after all, mankind has yet to sample and observe any actual population of scum growing on this planet to behave so wicked as to somehow deserve such an insult.

I don't think that people were even all that harsh at first.  

So much easier to have that paper trail to bring to court.Some of the above may seem harsh to some folks; that's ok--it's not their stuff in jeopardy.   

Now, I think "fraud" is a little harsh if you move out.

Harsh?