I think that if all the handouts were stopped (except to people that were truly handicapped), that the VAST MAJORITY (almost all) of the lazy deadbeats would magically find the will to work.Mike

If your tenants are heavier or older in age a handicap raised toilet might work better where they do not have to rock back and forth to get up.

Property is in Wisconsin and tenant is handicapped as well with a caretaker.

Well I am finally getting ready to take the plunge.I will outline my goal and scenario shortly however there are some handicaps and personal attributes that you need to be aware of first.Let's start with handicaps:Though I have lived in Canada for a few years now I never wanted or needed to establish a credit history as I wasn't planning to setup long term roots.

Pay, except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, all expenses incurred by the Agent, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and Agent’s costs and time in connection with any claim, proceeding, or suit involving an alleged violation by the Agent or Owner, or both, of any law pertaining to fair employment, fair credit reporting, environmental protection, rent control, taxes, or fair housing, including, but not limited to, any law prohibiting, or making illegal, discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, or mental or physical handicap, provided, however, that the Owner shall not be responsible to the Agent for any expenses in the event that Agent is finally adjudicated to have personally, and not in a representative capacity, violated any such law, unless such acts and or omissions are outside the course and scope of Agent’s duties hereunder.

It is difficult to achieve success with that kind of handicap out of the starting gate.

July '13 I had this handicapped couple move in, who were caring for their handicapped daughter.

One of the requests that the theropist had was to make the apartment more handicap friendly, i.e. grab bar in the bath and more saftey issues through out.My question is, what is my responsibility with this?

Your perceived risk of pulling your cash out of a property is handicapping your ability to be a successful investor.

Act here(3)For purposes of this subsection, discrimination includes-- (A)a refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises, except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may where it is reasonable to do so condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.