One must also navigate the fact that some of these houses have been declared over 50 percent damaged by the local Department of Public Works (or whatever the Parish in questions calls it). 

On your application, add this statement I declare the above statements are true and correct and agree that they are part of the rental / lease agreement. 

He advised me that there are national laws that protect those who have declared bankruptcy or had a foreclosure so charging fees due to credit score is likely shaky ground and would not be something he would want to test in court.  

It was declared a total loss by the insurance company. 

So, we wrote up an affidavit of heirship which is like a declaration of the family tree and any debts the deceased may have had.  

@Monika Haebich  Nice post which openly declares the expense to become hands-off. 

I briefly looked into setting up my business as an S Corp to cut down on what i pay in self employment tax, but my understanding is that I make too much to declare a small enough salary to justify getting well under the (I think it was around 127k threshold) <any advice here would also be appreciated. 

It is possible to declare a property abandoned when the rent is current .  

rather than developing it into 6 units during this "housing emergency" that the city has declared.  

If it was a sole proprietorship (which it sounds like it was), that counts too *AS LONG AS YOU DECLARED THE INCOME*.