I am in PA and yes, it is legal to charge late fees to your tenant regardless of Section 8 subsidies or not, provided the tenant's lease allows for them.

If they had not moved out, i would have brought in the best attorney available and charged the tenant for the legal costs.  

In my area (near the beach) its mostly families and they want cabanas, baby items, chairs, coolers etc that we do not provide but I have a local vendor that delivers and picks up these items and charges a few dollars per day for each item, and give me a 20% referral. 

No damage from any pets yet and you may even charge a pet fee as well. 

We have trades we use on jobs and know what they will charge which is often considerably less than what Joe Homeowner would pay for the same job . . . the trades know we will be using them again and again. 

You can be charged with wrong doing up to 10 years after you buy the property.

So, you may not have have the ability to increase rents because Section 8 limits how much you can charge, which may not keep up with inflation.Not everyone has Section 8 issues as my clients had, but you will more likely to have more problems than with non-Section 8 tenants.Multi-Family vs.

Nothing wrong with partnerships - I have used one to scale way faster than I would have on my own because he brought skills I didn’t have - but if you can do a deal on your own first to get a better understanding of the entire process it may help you identify what you need from a partner and what types of things should be in the operating agreement.As for the operating agreement, be sure you sit down with an experienced attorney who will help go over the dozens of scenarios that may come up and how you would like to handle them. 

I charge a good bit for my properties, that screens them.Do hotels run background checks on guests?

TurboTenant offers a maintenance program for $149 annually; they will respond to tenant issues, troubleshoot, assign to a pro, and charge your card on file (unless it's over your set amount, then they will call to confirm).