But make sure you examine the financials and over financial health of the HOA and structural health of the building because this can directly eat at your profit in the future.

I've worked as a title searcher, title examiner and currently as an escrow officer for one of the larger title companies in the state and I would not advise anyone to do their own title search.

The refrigerant leak can be the biggest challenge - they must examine the tubing visually for signs of damage, leak-check the joints, coils and tubing using an electronic leak detector, and once they find the leak, the system must be depressurized (pumped into a refrigerant container), the leak repaired, then the system must be evacuated to make sure it holds a vacuum (verify no more leaks), then dessicated and recharged.

Send here a notice to enter the property for examination together with your mold examiner and see to it if the inhabitants mold examiner is coming clean.

Any other items in a house to examine that may help? 

I wouldn't get bogged down by such a detailed examination of a tenant. 

At the very least, examine the circumstances of the eviction and give the benefit of the doubt. 

Target first year law students, and most of them will stay at least 3 years, and even 4 years, if they plan to take the bar exam in your state.Someone else here on BP said medical students are also golden.They study all the time, they're really quiet, they spend most of their time in the law library. 

How seriously would the courts examine the tenant's claim?

What is not fair is scrutinizing and examining a section 8 renters income in the same way you would a non section 8 renter.