In addition to my concerns about property damage and possible accusations of preferential treatment, I feel giving in would motivate these tenants to demand more concessions down the road.

Like any developing country, residents often do desperate things to stay alive such as robbing, killing, kidnapping, scamming, fighting with machetes in the streets etc. which doesn't often involve tourists or expats directly but can be disturbing to witness.

When you get certified by the state of California to testify as an expert witness on property valuations.  

We just witnessed the complete implosion of several groups in the LA area.

You've lost me Chris no one accused anybody of anything.

Well, a seller wit good intentions, yes, the problem is intentions can't be measured.

Seems some never bothered to read threads I posted above where they would have found this article from a PA attorney on assistance animals:http://dornish.net/service-animals-for-tenants-wit...

You need two witnesses for a deed in Florida.

So they were waiting for a chance to regain some control.Currently they are accusing us of delivering weapons, kind of the same way they are selling modren weapon systems to Iran.This is the main reason we need to get the WORLD off oil.

Long story short credit karma credit scores are higher than standard lenders, its all about which formula to calculate credit scores the lender uses. apparently credit karma isnt even close, to most lenders as my mortgage consultant said they have witness swings as much as 100 points..