Personally I will accept Section 8 tenants if they are legitimately disabled or otherwise unable to provide for themsevlves, but I will not accept tenants who are able but unwilling to work (although with the passage of the HOME Act in both Baltimore County and Annapolis I may  have to reassess that approach).In my experience with Baltimore County's housing department specifically, my biggest complaints are 1) poor response time to emails (calls seem to work better), and 2) their annual inspection process which requires the tenant to wait at the home from 9-5, and strongly encourages the landlord to be there as well.If you are okay with the program from a personal/political perspective, and this specific tenant is clean, responsive, etc. then I wouldn't hesitate to take her on.

Since the passage of the "Affordable Care Act" the cost of health insurance in the private sector is up about seven fold what I paid in 2008.

One of the ADU rules allows unpermitted safe units that existed prior to the bill passage 5 years to get permitted.  

The knobs are what is known as passage knobs (you cannot lock them).

I never could find that passage again. 

I always go deadbolt and a passage knob.  

Getting a judgment seems to be the true right of passage to becoming a seasoned landlord.

The final passage meeting for the County is tonight, 9/29/15, at 6pm!

Fortunately, I expect the initial anti STR regulation will not be extreme, but I suspect will more extreme with the passage of time.   

With the passage of Dodd-Frank a few years back it really put alot or restrictions and regulations on land contracts.