Sadly that's the sue happy society we live in. 

But I know the tenant perception can sometimes be that "local is better".  

That same day I got a call from the local Humane Society asking if I was the  landlord for the address, and that the woman had been in there to adopt a cat and listed me as landlord.

even a crazy man or drug addict can do some work to earn his keep in society .

Give him a free month's rent and pay for movers to get him out and go live somewhere else.Sometimes, people have to run up against the limits of society to realize that it's time to change.

Unauthorized practice of law in many states includes giving advice "with either the perception or reliance of knowledge of the field of law, or the reasonable likelihood that someone may come to rely on that advice."

Aside from the fact that the current system can't handle the kinds of loads today's society normally puts on a house (single 15amp breaker for each floor, I can't have anything aside from the kitchen light on if I want to run the microwave), there is apparently romex incorrectly spliced into the knob and tube.

Otherwise if your criteria are constantly shifting and the goalposts moving, then what's the point of having criteria in the first place, and how can someone who has traditionally been discriminated against in society (e.g. racial minorities) ever meet them?  

Studies in the US and Europe show that college correlates with income and that is mostly because that is the way our society was built. 

You wont see a dime of the $$...So you have to ask yourself if the time, effort and some extra $$ are worth trying to make this issue possibly haunt this tenant in the future....show up when he tries to rent again, buy a house or a car etc.....For some the answer is YES.....I know the $$ is gone but I want to inflict some shred of accountability......if no one EVER does it, these clowns will keep doing it over and over.....someone has to at least try....For others, the answer is NO....its not worth my time and $$, let it go and move on....I understand the economics of the situation....but I hate to let people get away with ZERO accountability....that just contributes to many of the issues in our society