That is, tax theory dictates you still own the house directly and use it as a primary residence, therefore you find yourself in the same position.Personal expenses are not deductible for income taxes unless authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. 

That involves getting permission from the permitting authority. 

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---------------------------------If the tenant owned the house and the tenant authorized the repair, the offender and the victim would be one, so the merger doctrine would render the question moot.

Robert Schiller, Yale econ. prof author of "Irrational Exuberance" wrote the follow piece in the NYT yesterday.

Property Manager shall be, and Owner authorizes Property Manger to be, named as an additional insured party on Owner's policies."

There should be Real Estate Division in Georgia or another authority to regulate property managers - google and call them first.

You don’t get registered for SEC 8 exactly, but you can contact the local Housing Authority to put your location on their available housing list and to schedule a landlord orientation, if they hold them in your market.  

Go to your local housing authority and they post the maximum rents allowed.  

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