And you would be in your rights to deny the request. 

Now this, like any program out there doesn't mean people aren't abusing it and taking advantage of the situation.

She never had a boyfriend (really strange) never had a driver license (always took a bus), and never had a job with the exception that she did babysitting and earned some fairly decent cash.This Japanese girl purchase a co-op in downtown Los Angeles and partnered with another Japanese girl.

To protect against abuse, you can include clause in the lease as tenant responsibility to maintain and keep it in working order.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for service animals when used properly, but way too many people abuse that and make it super difficult to enforce.

And if you (who cares about your credit) tie yourself to someone who doesn't care about their credit score, you can be setting yourself up for financial abuse or a credit score disaster.If you decide to invest with your boyfriend, it would be a good idea to get a lawyer to go over the ownership expectations and division in the event you split up. 

@Denis RyanAwesome experience Denis!

Basically, if you make any capital gains over 1 million you will jump from the 20-ish% tax range to the 37% ordinary tax range. so for you million dollar earners you're gonna fork up that 370,000$ to Uncle Sam for him to pi** away on something stupid or some social program that someone out there is abusing! 

I'm a property manager, of course I'll say continue to rent.There's no denying the market is somewhat hot for sales right now, and with this eviction dumpster fire continuing to go on that could make an owner squeamish.Take a one time payment, and then never make another dime versus a decades long investment that will continue to grow.

@Elizabeth Zielinski  Personally, I think you could be on shaky ground if you denied them simply "because they have a medical marijuana card".