On some occasions in extenuating circumstances I have taken partial rent.

The occasion I used it the bill was double normal but it was a single family so there was no other source of water use but the tenant.As for the legality of  restricting a family member because  your sister lives in the unit, it just doesn't seem right I would not want defend it in court even if it is legal.

.$200 isnt completely out of line for a repair job if there was more than resetting the toilet which I'd guess there was.I've made it a habit on any new property to hire a plumber to pull the toilets and replace wax rings with these from home depot or new wax rings on the rare occasion what I posted wont work (depends on floor height) -- if the toilets are old enough and I dont want to rebuild the guts I'll just replace them with models from Menards -- I really like Pro Flows from Ferguson supply, however I dont have the buying power my buddy does at his plumbing business so I cant justify spending twice the price there.  

The tenant denies the dog barks except on rare occasions, never at night or early morning, and asserts the neighbor is persecuting her.

To make a long story short, although they were on occasion late a few days due to the single income, they always came through and I worked with them per their situation.

Though I do know how to operate a snake and have done so on many occasions...

The affidavits stated that the indifferent person saw a person, matching the description of the tenant, come and go from the property on multiple occasions within the tenancy dates, but never in military uniform.

I've been in small claims in front of judges (multiple judges on different occasions), with utility caps in the lease and identified on the eviction filing.

Use a stock reply telling them the open house time.I have ignored obvious scams and on one occasion a previous tenant but if they are persistent you have to deal with it and I usually try to reply.

Brand new carpet in the bedroom and they wanted me to rip it up and install hardwood flooring because they were afraid they would ruin the carpet.Another occasion was after a tenant moved out.