Do your semi annual inspections, enforce the lease and you can prevent being in this predicament.

Any advice on how to best handle a situation in which tenets don't pay citing the law or for screening future tenets to prevent this?  

If I need the permit, will that prevent the tenants from moving in next week ? 

Unfortunately, I also know several families of investors where being close relatives did not prevent business arguments and other negative developments.

I’d love to do a BRRRR but there are a variety of factors preventing me from doing so right now, so turnkey at least gets me in the game.

CARES Act prevents a Federally insured mortgage from being foreclosed on during COVID-19 a forbearance must be given. 

Also, when tenants pay out a significant pet deposit, they are more likely to work harder at preventing any pet damage to get their money back.Another way to help ease your concern is to charge a small monthly pet rent in addition to the deposit. 

Can they prevent the solar panels from functioning? 

So my first stupid question is..Let's say you find a good deal and you market it to your buyers/investors mailing list.A few investors look at the property , pass on it, and you're unable to complete the wholesale transaction.Now that the investor knows where the property is, what's to prevent that investor from going behind your back and dealing with the owner directly and cutting out the wholesaler?

He purposefully upgraded the breaker to 30amp to prevent any issues with overloading it.