You will no doubt be ready for the next (similar) opportunity, prepared with the right documentation and methods of working this type deal.

She provided documentation to show it was against someone else with the same name but not her (it didn't show up on the tenant screening report; she scammed me but that's another story), and paid an extra month's rent in advance.

Does the fact that this is new construction, with permits and documentation of the work done, make any difference?

All contract documents have only had a place for the husband to sign to date.

Unfortunately for you, utility shut off by the landlord falls into "self help eviction practices".What you should do is document the costs you incur for the utilities and add that to the monetary judgment.

And every court document that I have seen appears to assume that this will be the sole reason for evicting someone.I now have a house with a tenant that I do not like.

Determine a starting point, usually the most recent filing of a Petition for Probate or similar document.

Document and document and document some more.

Check your state version of the SAFE Act, exemptions are not all the same.Just because you may be exempt does not mean proceed like a wild west show and don't document the ability to pay from any buyer.

To proceed with the Default of Judgment and Writ of Removal, I need to submit this notarized document.