The detail on felony info is probably standard across sites.

He has already had to void the lease renewal for one tenant/friend who could not maintain clean standards and has just renegotiated a significant price increase for the second tenant/friend who is falling into the same issue - can't clean up after his dog, clean his bathroom, etc.The point is, without a lease to use as leverage, my buddy would be SOL and left to his own devices to negotiate with the neanderthals he got into bed with. 

My pretty aggressive cpa shot this idea down as I don’t declare my primary home interest (it’s less than the standard married deduction.) if this was argued/allowed you could declare any loan on your primary was really on a rental.

So, I'd like to at least reset the baseline and make it absolutely clear.One thing worth adding: They're running a business in there, any I wouldn't necessarily put it past them to try to blame me for damages they've started to cause over the long term (before my lease took hold) hurting their business.What are some standard ways to deal with this?

Without the appraisal matching or exceeding the offer, standard financing is not available. 

Then you've got portfolio lenders that don't necessarily conform to Fannie Freddie underwriting standards but to the guarantor's credit and the property's cash flow. 

With any small claims action in Texas, my standard answer is you will not. 

They said this is standard among most lenders because Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac have set those rules.

To keep this concise- We have 7 units under construction in Austin and a senior living facility we are the GC on in Houston.

I spent 7 years working for the US Army Corps of Engineers, overseeing large scale military and civil works projects; and I currently work with the VA overseeing facilities operations and construction.