Say a landlord puts, "Smoking in the unit is a loss of security deposit/or (insert arbitrary amount here)" in the lease or stipulate to ANY such fixed amounts in a lease.

(A reimbursable billing)  If they didn't pay, I deducted the water bill from their rent, which made their rent late.Now...this is stipulated in the lease agreement, that any rent received is applied to any outstanding bills they have with me. 

So, to summarize, do I understand correctly:- The County "records" property ownership by documenting when Deed are filed, but the County does not perform any checks to see if the transfer of ownership is "ok" based on existing Liens and their stipulations, etc.- Two parties can agree to sell a property and simply notify the County that the sale has occurred.  

If it has not been rented by section 8,   could I stipulate acceptance by housing authority as part of the contract?

One method is to stipulate that upon expiration of the lease term the agreement goes month to month. 

ALWAYS have a written contract that stipulates how payment will be made.

Just out of curiousity I'm gonna look to see if there are any stipulations on how many you can buy via owner financing too.

Section 8 in Indy has stipulations and hurdles for sure but they can be overcome.  

Or was it just a bit of a higher interest rate, 25% equity, and no stipulation to live in the property for another year?  

If anyone has experience with VA loans, a question of mine is how to transfer ownership of the home from me to an LLC, and if I can do that under VA stipulations.