Can you contact the owners and ask them questions about vacancy rates, costs, renter info, community guidelines etc.?

You each own 100% (as in, you both have full equal rights to the property).As for your question, joint tenancy creates a right of survivorship, so that if one party dies,  then only the remaining party will have right to the property... aka you will be the sole owner if your father passes.

One of my old tenants is moving into a new apartment and the property owner is asking me about him. 

I sought out the owners of properties in the area through my downtown connections and made offers.

I have run into a group of real estate lawyers/investors at the American Apartment Owners Assoc. who are suggesting a Dynasty Generational Irrevocable Trust (Dynasty Trust) that does go on for generations.

I believe there is an exception ... if the inherited property is used as the new owner's primary residence, then the property's assessed value is not reassessed and the new owner can continue paying property taxes based on the previous value.

Hello This question came up in my conversation with a large property owner who is over 60 years old.

As a rookie landlord, last year I allowed pets but didn't charge an extra fee for them.Now as we're getting closer to renewal time (in 5 months), I want to start communicating the rent increase to my tenants.

A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership even though the title to some form of property is in another name.A court can subpoena the name, address, DOB, driver's license/passport or ITIN or Social security number thus exposing your asset protection plan.Twenty three types of entities are exempt from the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. 

You would figure that if the government could qualify dead people to count as a vote, that at that least we could use our dear loved ones to qualify as home owners even after they have passed.