You should be able to do whatever you want with your properties as long as it doesn’t violate any criminal laws.

This can be a criminal offense if enough money has changed hands.

Run a background check on the added tenant to see if there are any criminal history, eviction record.

And no offense, but you keep mentioning your attorney husband has never heard of a penalty for usury.

And I'd expect my credit score to reflect that in a year or so and move back into purchasing a home rather than rent.The firm I work for requires credit/criminal/security clearances.

The $7k penalty was abated with no problem, as it was a first time offense.

At the limits of what this society tolerates in membership fee avoidance are agents of the IRS.But what's far more interesting for me is what keeps the bulk of the population in line. not the tiny minority of criminals or major tax cheats.

They're thinking of adding criminal penalties if people are killed when they couldn't get out in cases of some renovations. 

Either they’re a official property management company which means they’re small and likely not capable of growing since the market is constrained; or they’re an individual who provides super/handyman support, which comes with administrative and people management burdens not worth the time investment.Btw- no offense to any wonderful zainseville property managers out there: the market just doesn’t pass my personal filters to be worth the time investment.Your situation may be different.

Ask them a couple of qualifying questions like "will you be able to pass a background check that includes criminal, credit and rental history?"