You could have much more turnover expense than you were planning.You can defend #2 easily just by stating you are looking for a 1 year lease.  

Having a relationship with a local real estate attorney wouldn't hurt either as they're likely to be at some point representing you and defending the agreement which a tenant signed.

There is one thing that Champions and Losers have in common and that is they have both know defeat.

Common sense will tell you something even if you don't see the details of the case but notice that the defendants are previous landlords.

If not, and the parties (plaintiff and defendant) hopefully reach an agreement that is presented to the judge.

Even if they lose, you spend a lot of time and money defending yourself. 

He made a really good joke about you don't want a new nickname, "defendant".

Might be beneficial if you put down enough money to cover damages, but I really doubt that is the plan.What I'm reading here is that you may be somewhat inticed by this offer and you appear to be defending this "opportunity", I am glad to see you say that you will get advise from another attorney, hopefully they will not know this mentor or have any affiliation with him, but don't expect an attorney to trash another attorney.

There was not enough for dishes...I finally replaced the 15 year old water heater myself and didn't renew the policy.FWIW, , I was told by that code enforcement officer that American Home Shield gave him problems, as well as other people he knew, and apparently are/were the defendants in (various) lawsuits.

Unfair as it seems, the crazy party that one roommate threw can result in a termination notice directed to all tenants.In Legal Terms:“Joint and several liability” is where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability.Under joint and several liability or all sums, a claimant may pursue an obligation against any one party as if they were jointly liable and it becomes the responsibility of the defendants to sort out their respective proportions of liability and payment.This means that if the claimant pursues one defendant and receives payment, that defendant must then pursue the other obligors for a contribution to their share of the liability.This obligation is normally spelled out in a lease clause, in leases which are signed by two or more tenants.