For me it really depends on how sensitive the tenants are going to be to a rent increase, how bad you want to keep them on, and how easy it will be to get new tenants.

We've put in a ton of pot lights but if you're sensitive it may not be a fit"By the time someone comes to see it they understand all the potential issues and are ready to go.

Why would a HOA be responsible in any way for the tenant of an owner being sensitive to cigarette smoke?

If so, what are safe guards to put in place?

I'd leave that out, or change the wording to something along the lines of using surge protectors for sensitive electronic equipment.

I’ve had a lot of friendly dogs, but never one that had that kind of sensitivity.

Here in Boston and generally around hospitals medical residents tend to be great low impact tenants: All their time at work or sleeping, generally not too price sensitive (whats another few hundred when you have 300K+ in loans?)

I use rentprep.com so I opt for the feature that allows the landlord to request the applicant to fill out sensitive details online, and they pay for it directly online.

Is this shady or just someone whose hyper sensitive to his privacy?

This is of course all subject to my immediate market and it is also time sensitive.