Keep in mind that it is the city's zoning policies that are creating this mess in the first place.

If you set standards and stick with them, you'll catch shenanigans like this.The policy should be that every adult passes your screening, period.

It'll require technology and different inter-state policies in regarding the agreements of sourcing.

The other issue is forest fire risk plus insurers are dropping policies and most insurers won’t write policies there anymore.

The rest of the cash is sitting in a Whole life insurance policy growing every day waiting for the next opportunity. 

If they were long term I would let them break the lease and if the home was left in good condition then I would return the deposit - now this is just me but you have  alease that dictates specific terms that you can uphold them too or not.It would be ok to ask for the death certificate, and what you could say is its our policy to waive the fee for death but we need a record of it.

This includes the two appraisals at $500-$750 each.Attorney costs are usually $1500-$2500/transaction, including lender's title policy and whether it's a new policy or a true refi.

If you don't have one already, would think about getting an Umbrella policy. 

Have a guest policy in place and stick to it.

I'd rather live in a country where there is confusion about what a woman is, than a country where women have minimal rights or where they are in short supply because of failed social engineering policies.