In fact, you are prohibited from collecting rent. 

However, one's IRA cannot transact with the IRA account-holder; doing so is a "prohibited transaction."

It will prohibit people from reporting problems, but then all the landlords that charge that fee can come together to talk about tenants that don't maintain the property, etc.

For example, buying a property with IRA money and residing there yourself would be a  prohibited transaction.

@Lauren C.Dogs and dog ownership isn't a protected class, so absolutely you can prohibit it as long as you don't do something like allow only certain people of a protected class (ie race) to have a dog.

It repeals the Rent Control Preemption Act, an initiative of the REALTORS back in 1997 that prohibits local governments from enacting rent control measures.

Again, unless your lease specifically prohibits space heaters(I'm unfamiliar with Texas LL-Tenant Laws, you may not be able to put this in a lease), she'd be within her rights to just use a space heater if it hadn't gotten a little chilly, but not enough to warrant an oil delivery or setting up an account with the gas company.

Currently, the code prohibits people or entities from collecting tax on someone else's behalf.

However, paying the water is the standard in our neighborhood and getting separate meters installed is cost prohibitive.

Because a house was never built to be rented, the wear and tear on the house makes it prohibitive to keep renting over a period of time because the cost of the rehab becomes overwhelming,” the mortgage-bond pioneer said in an October 2013 interview.