But, doing this, and being clear that this is their one and only one-time pass, put the kabash on asking me again.The only exception to that that I made, was for students who relied on their financial aid as their only source of income to pay the rent, etc.  

A couple of my student tenants were living on their financial aid, and I did let them pay rent late if their FA checks were running late (which I would get them to verify with a letter from the FA office).  

Where I live now, the closest fair housing office is over 2 hours away lol.  

So, you don't have to give her any money back.Even if you take possession of the unit and accept keys - as long as you don't rent it to someone else, you can collect rent to the end of the lease.Page 27:http://www.georgialegalaid.org/files/6FCBD72D-B465...That's from Georgia Legal Aid, too, LOL.  

They were band-aided before I bought them.  

"Unconscionable contract" would be the closest doctrine here that I can think of, and has never been applied to a lease provision requiring renters insurance in any US jurisidiction I'm aware of (Not a lawyer).Their take on it is quite interesting, though. 

I may ruffle a few feather with this blunt statement but get rid of them.Getting them out now is cheaper than spending $5,000 on legal aid and attorney fees six months from now when their water goes wrongs again.

The answer from a tenant aid group is correct - the tenants can get this info readily.http://www.palawhelp.org/resource/security-deposit...

I didn't have late payments after that, except very rarely, and usually it would be a couple times a year with students waiting on their next financial aid payment.So, if you get rid of deadbeats, and go ahead and send some type of reminder, it will really cut down the late payments, in my experience.I really resisted reminding people to pay their rent at first, thinking I shouldn't have to be their mommy. 

The closest I've come to doing this, is I improved a lot by putting in a driveway, fence, septic and well.