Attached to this individual's application is the following letter, dated 3/29/2016:To whom it may concern:It is my medical opinion that ApplicantName would benefit from a companion animal.

Service animals are already exempt from extra fees/rent.HB 2764 Prohibits landlords from asking or requesting criminal history information prior to completed screening. 

What options exist for transferring property to avoid paying medical bills upon death?

The landlord also has to pay the renter an amount equaling one month's rent when they deliver the termination notice — again, should they have a qualifying reason.Landlords who manage four or fewer units are exempt from the requirement to pay a month's rent.There are still instances where landlords can evict month-to-month renters without cause after a year — namely if the landlord's main residence is located on the same property as the tenant's and the property has two units or fewer.In that case, they can serve a no-cause eviction with 60 days' notice.

The apartment is in Houston Texas in the medical industry. what’s my best bet in this situation? 

I currently work in the medical health and fitness field and I know pretty much what I am looking for as far as size is concerned, general location, etc. 

People are usually pretty transparent here if something is bothering them.Make sure you're accounting for all expenses if you intend to turn it into a rental, including higher property taxes without the homestead exemption and reserve accounts for vacancy, turnover, maintenance, and capex.I own a condo in a nearby area and have found that I could probably only get $1,500-1,600 a month for it currently. 

@Daniel DietzYour assumptions are largely correct, depending on the nature of the syndication.The returns you receive would be 80% leveraged.  80% of the income received would be debt-financed, and therefore considered UDFI subject to taxation.  80% of normal deductions such as depreciation, interest on the note, etc. would be applied to reduce the taxable income, and there is a $1000 standard exemption against UDFI that also applies. 

The tax exemption is only for the investment going forward.

Over the last three years, I went from 0 exemptions, to 1 exemptions, to two exemptions in 2018.