Folks -I apologize for the inappropriate bickering that detracted from this thread. 

It's inappropriate for the buyer to have any contact with the tenants until after closing.

Sure, there are going to be messy tenants and tenants that might say inappropriate things about the property and it might take a few extra showings but it is worth it in my opinion to get that new lease started right away.

@Jeff RabinowitzI had started to post a similar response, but then figured that coming from a non-Christian, it may have been interpreted as inappropriate ... perhaps not ;-)

It took four months to get them out, partly because we issued a notice with outdated wording we downloaded free off the internet, and we spent a month trying to "bribe" them out with cash for keys (BTW, please don't take short cuts by using outdated or inappropriate legal documents for your rental business to save money).

I'm not sorry to see her go. 2 labs and 2 cats in 1046 sqft 2 level town home was inappropriate.

If the police had a warrant for someone at your address, they would have to have some sort of documentation or reasonable probable cause for a judge to issue a search warrant, so even if the warrant is effectually appropriate, the police may have acted inappropriately or even with negligence when preparing the request for a warrant (i.e if they got the wrong address or falsified evidence to obtain the warrant).

IF the parent is listed in the application as emergency contact, I believe it would be difficult for a displaced tenant to convince a judge that you acted inappropriately if THEY removed personal items.

Might be acceptable to discriminate in one's own home (based on exemptions in federal fair housing regulations).The concerns are that the gun owner could act inappropriately; also, another occupant (not the gun owner) might somehow gain access to the firearms.

Getting snotty with your husband is clearly inappropriate.