What does the employment history look like? 

Conflict of interest could be quite detrimental to that cousins employment.

Sometimes if the spouse hasn’t put down roots yet or not employed (age depending) may move back home to their folks as to not be alone during the deployment. 

I also don't know about the community, employment etc.

Anyway, I figure normal screening is good enough, call previous LL's, check credit (which seems the best indicator to me honestly), verify employment, and look for previous evictions.

All of the reasons we love Huntsville as a real estate investment remain true regardless of current events - employment opportunities, low barrier of entry for investors, culture, diverse economy, etc.

There was also a document inserted about lobbying activities, and an equal opportunity employment notice in both english and spanish. 

Over the past few years we have always qualified applicants by requiring 3x the monthly rent of employment income and that has always worked well.

Due to being recently self-employed I do not believe institutional financing will be an option. 

In that case, your rent is considered active income, subject to all taxes at your ordinary rate including self employment tax I believe.