He is a new judge in civil matters.

As I am sure you know, there is a laundry list of items that lenders look for including litigation, strength of the management, budgeting, etc. 

If we're looking at a legitimate landlord-tenant disagreement it will be pretty obvious and we'll advise the parties they'll have to work it out in civil court.

“If there’s no state law that says they are prohibited from limiting guns, then the default would be that as a private landlord, you can prohibit any activities on your property that you want, other than those that might discriminate under discrimination laws,” Skojec says"  (Michael Skojec, senior counsel at Ballard Spahr LLP, a law firm specializing in litigation on behalf of property owners, developers and property management regarding real estate and fair housing.)Or this: "Generally a private landlord can make a decision about whether to say "no guns in my apartments," unless a state forbids landlords from banning guns in apartments or rental property, according to Denny Dobbins, general legal counsel and vice president of RentPerfect.com."

Aloha,Military Tenants can be excellent, however after over 20 years on this rock with NUMEROUS bases from all branches, there are some considerations: First of course, is the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which does provide that any Rental Agreement can be broken with 30 plus days notice due to Permanent Change of Station or a Deployment of more than 180 days.

In central Texas, the cost per foot is $75 on the low end (doesn't include plans, engineering, permits, civil, or builder fees), with all of those fees it's closer to $100 - $110/sqft. 

I would also never purchase and leave a jug of bug spray at the property for a tenant to use for the same reasons you mentioned -- possible litigation.

I work in a land use and planning civil engineering office, and I can assure you that many many of the "rules" I'm told exist are in fact make believe.

Furthermore, the HOA must comply with your request to add a second mailing address because "all mailing-related requests fall under Civil Code section 5260, and the types of notices that may be sent to two address are described in Civil Code section 4040. 

We unfortunately live in a society where litigation is viewed as a source of windfall profits.So, the choice to go forward and do-it-yourself without advanced education is a personal choice.