Good resource.Also check IREM.org They publish reports and books on property management and its licensing requirements.

The thing you are referring to as BS is part of  a document published by the UK Office of Fair Trading entitled Guidance on Unfair Terms in Tenancy Agreements.

A couple of other similar threads were recently started, based on some published article:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1929...http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/99/topics/1929...

Obesity and overindulgence overall, comes to mind:http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/07/obes...Study: 86 Percent of Americans Could Be Obese by 2030"Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.Their results are published in the July 2008 online issue of Obesity."

I've learned that even though @Cameron Norfleet was asking a question without stating his opinion, someone can threaten to publish it against his firm... and lastly, I've learned that even if a landlord hasn't discriminated, his ignorance can still be shown.

I publish my qualifications and they are the same for everyone. there is no such law any where in the USA that you can get sued for rejecting a convicted felony or a eviction in the past you cannot reject for color, sex, sexual orientation or religion and so forth just make your rules clear and they apply for all and you never end up in court for such a thing. by the way you cant just tell them you just changed your mind that mean if you rent the apt to someone else any time over the next month your going to court to fight for a discrimination charge. make your own rules and stick with them for all.

It's really easy to read and it includes all the contracts and forms you'd need, and they're really easy to understand for tenants, too, which makes it easier to explain the different clauses to them.http://www.nolo.com/products/the-california-landlo...They also publish a book on tax write-offs for landords, that's really good, and a CA evictions book, and a bunch of other ones. 

We recently completed a study (the writeup is expected to be published Wednesday) that showed 44% of renters nationwide now have insurance, a pretty fair increase from the 37% the III found, and a great start.  

Hopefully you've already developed and published fair-housing compliant screening criteria that includes verifiable income.

Aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications -- pulled reports from TransUnion, which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).