Located in the historic Fourth Ward neighborhood of Charlotte, this townhouse at North Poplar Street is part of the desirable Hackberry Court development, built in 1995.

This will allow for you to pursue legal action "eviction" if ever needed for non payment or negligence as a tenant. if you rent out the basement separately but it is not a legal unit, the court will not allow you to pursue an eviction.

@Rion Redinger Hi Rion, I don't show a unit until I have a completed application including a pay stub documenting employment and income, a copy of the applicant Driver's License and I will have run public record court searches for all munis and counties listed on the application.

The west has far more democracies, better ability to depose of leaders, less dictators, more equal rights, greater transparency, more accessible property rights that are enforced in courts, more trustworthy banking systems. . .

If I was in on this by myself, I would have kept up the fight and if it came down to going to court with them, I would have stood up for myself.

You can learn a lot about the court systems very quickly!

At the same time, talk to multiple lawyers in your area--your area--that specialize in evictions and are in that court room ---your specific areas court room--all the time. 

I started by going through the posts here using the search function and then trying to connect with the realtors and investors and whole salers and lenders specific to the city I am interested in!!

I would get a LL/tenant attorney since no one really knows how the courts will react and an atty will have the best chance of knowing how the winds are blowing. 

Also, since you never gave the keys for possession, highly unlikely a judge will even allow you to deduct per diem rent from the SD.After losing a couple of court cases on scenarios similar to yours, we huddled with our attorneys, who recommended charging a Holding Fee.We have a Holding Fee Agreement we require prospects to sign to hold a property until they later sign a lease.