I'd love to work with a handshake however, I have obligation to my broker and to myself to do my best to provide documentation against those that abuse our good work.

The amount of sub-prime loans is minuscule relative the period preceding the 2008 recession, and steps were taken to make the abuses with rating agencies be much harder to repeat.

In other words, if a landlord kept showing up on the property without notice or was abusing the notice by giving 24 hour notice every week to just walk around in the unit - stuff like that. 

They are not a protected class.Here are your protected classes per federal law:The FHA, to date, includes seven protected classes: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status.http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-fair-ho...Colorado's list of protected classes is:Protected classes in housing include: Race, Color, Religion, Creed, National Origin/Ancestry, Sex, Disability/Handicap, Sexual Orientation (including Transgender Status), Marital Status, and Familial Status (children under the age of 18 in the household).https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/civil-rights... 

Just by making the distinction, tenants will be more mindful of usage, but you have to couple that with screening them well to make sure you get someone who's courteous enough to not abuse what they're given.  

Or if your intent was to not rent to a gay couple, and your state doesn't allow discrimination against sexual preference.You probably couldn't get away with it in CA.  

I am in the Courthouse almost every day of the week on issues related to; Bankruptcy, Medicaid, Elder Abuse, Family Law, Collections, Contract Disputes, and Landlord/Tenant disputes.

If it was me, I'd stay professional, but get rid of them as soon as I could - either by letting them leave early, or by me giving them notice.No rent check is worth being abused over.

What they did, was abuse the clause that said they didn't have to call my daughter if the repairs were under $200, or if they were emergencies.  

Then, there is the clause where they don't have to call you if something is an "emergency" and they will often abuse that.