Apartments notoriously have tons of frivolous claims and an important part of your risk management plan should be requiring a monitoring renters insurance of your tenants.

He is now in prison and supposedly will pay restitution to me when he is release. 

From what I've heard, NJ is a notoriously difficult state to do a quick eviction. 

But, again, it's just a small tourist town with seasonal tourist market, and there's a large prison outside of town. 

tenant A gets evicted but marries tenant B, gets a recommendation to keep yorkie for emotional support, and anyways, buys the building thru a court ordered forced sale to satisfy judgements and they live happily ever after with their hoard of 'support' animals... until tenants-turned-owners' 'loveable' pit bull mix killed a tenant's child and court ruled both community property owners were liable.. but they had no equity nor assets so thrown in prison for life - without emotional support animals nor pet visitation rights - and never invoked their conjugal visitation rights - the end!

“HUD will use the full force of the law to protect the fair housing rights of folks who’ve been arrested or who’re returning to their communities after serving time in jail or prison,” HUD Secretary Julian Castro warned.By “full force,” he means the “disparate impact” theory of civil-rights enforcement, which HUD claims is written into the Fair Housing Act even though the phrase appears nowhere in the statute.Disparate impact holds businesses liable for colorblind policies and practices that may have adverse outcomes for minorities — in this case, screening all apartment applicants for criminal histories.

She micromanages everything and it feels like prison!

OK, the AHA aka section8 is notorious for not answering the phone, do you have another idea?

Hello BiggerPockets,I need some advice on a current situation that I am currently handling out in NJ. I currently have a section 8 tenant who's currently incarcerated for legal issues that I won't get into at this mom...

He's in rehab, not prison (and even there they can make phone calls).