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. 

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.

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.

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.

Of course the assistant is going to claim there’s value, that’s what he’s paid to do and say. 

I have no prior claims and the house has new flooring, new roof, new everything.

I do work remotely from the home and was also wondering if I could write off the portion of where I use the space as a office on the same home as he’s claiming without causing any flags on the property address.

I have never claimed anything and still they gave me a lot of challenges when it time to renew.