I personally don't want the government telling me I can't buy a large soda, or put salt on my food, what kind of car to drive, etc.

That being said I'm not sold on my PM so take all this with a grain of salt.

Being a newbie myself, take everything I have said with a grain of salt but this is what I have gathered so far in reading forum posts and listening to podcasts.

Should I allow tenants of both homes to utilize the pool, in the hopes of getting a little more rent from both properties, as well as spreading out the cost of maintenance on the Salt Water pool.2.

If you have a softener or filtration equipment like an iron filter, it'd likely be best for you to setup a quarterly PM from a local water treatment company to ensure your filters are changed out regularly and salt is added to the brine tank - especially if you have a boiler.PM me for a couple references of companies that work in the area...my family's business is in water treatment for commercial and industrial applications in the Midwest, but we have a couple companies we refer residential folks to.

I like to offer a small concession to a responsible tenant in exchange to keep an eye on the conditions and add salt as needed.

Take it with a grain of salt.

I'm by no means an expert in insurance or law, so take what I say with a grain of salt here.  

I do have class a properties so take my advice with a grain of salt.

They set out a small love seat, planter, fake rock over a salt block.