If you know you're some what abusing the relationship you have with this agent why not make a nice gesture and take him/her to lunch to discuss what the issues are with the properties you're viewing  or give them some type of small stipend for their time and gas.

She and her teenage son are living with a friend, and have recently left an abusive relationship.  

That is the cash value.So if you step off a curb and get hit by a bus tomorrow, that one year term policy covers the risk for the insurance company.

I am not concerned about everyday Joe looking for a place, I am concerned about the person who knows the system and is looking to abuse it.

I've never had any horror issues with tenants abusing them or theft.  

Then the tenant started sending abusive email, saying that the issue of the dog was "a ******** reason to refuse me this apartment."

I just seen them abused... maybe it was the advertising of them on MLS that was new or how they were handled.  

Hello BP! We are looking at a property in "the path of progress" in Charlotte. The numbers look good. I just ran a search and figured out that a registered sex offender is currently living in one of the units. As far ...

This is an absolute no win scenario regardless of what you have in the lease since every statute is written to "prevent abuses against tenants"-there are way more potential tenant votes than landlords so it's easy to see why they are written the way they are-LOL.One call by the tenant to Homeline-Minnesota's free tenant legal help would even make them more informed and may open another can of worms. 

I would not mention your house or utilities at all in the advertising.While you are prescreening candidates I would mention the situation and that a flat rate of X will be added to the rent for utilities as long as the utilizes are not abused (which is defined).