My recent research indicates small claims courts judgements no longer show on someone’s credit report.

Tenant damages for unpaid rent, etc...can be sought in small claims court.I am not seeing lower rents...stable & slightly higher, within normal ranges post pandemic.Norbert Huston

But I think they'd be around $4,800 (conservative estimate).Seller is also claiming there are no common electricity at all- which is hard to believe, considering there's common gas, water and sewer. and most likely a common area electricity.

You still can if she does not have a lease, you just need 60 days notice.Emotional support animals are not protected, only service animals, so she does not have a claim there.

Seeing properties on Zillow being offered as with questionable title or quit claim deed upon sale.

So, I would presume that if a tenant sent a partial electronic payment I could simply refund it even at the court hearing claiming that I am not accepting the payment.

I've had problems when someone else claimed the property kicking me out of the account. 

Landlord can require tenants to be responsible for separately metered utilities, so can avoid waste.Landlord can get annual small increases in rent.NegativesMost of us don’t treat something we get for free the same way we treat something we’ve worked hard to obtain.S8 applicants claim “broke” and don’t like to pay application feesSame goes for security depositsS8 tenants, in our experience, tend to cause more property damage than non-S8 tenants. - Make sure you get a security deposit and perhaps do a surprise inspection of their current home.S8 requires an inspection (mostly health & safety) before approving a lease and then annually thereafter. - Not something most landlords taking care of their properties have to worry about.There are limits to clauses they allow in your lease.

It shows you are in San Antonio, so if you are looks like small claims is max of 20K and anything above goes to attorneys.

The tenant claims he's under financial stress due to being out of work after an injury and is struggling to get the funds together for the funeral services.