When it comes to tenant screening, it's important to balance your right as a landlord to protect your property with compliance with Fair Housing laws and local regulations.

I have been actively looking primarily in the Virgin Islands and Bahamas for properties that are ideally within the budget I would like.

They had four properties they owned. 

Hire a property manager.

I keep portable AC units for tenants to borrow, so are using one of those to cool the bedroom.I have at least 20 trees down at one property with land and they missed the house but landed on my storage building. 

My only roadblock is there is a deed restriction that states "No use of said property pursuant to rental agreement (oral, written, or otherwise) or other landlord - tenant relationship.

If we resided in a property for 20 months in the last 5 years, does the IRS consider a "partial" capital gains tax exemption?

I'm a property manager in Maryland. 

When thinking about depreciation it's not about when you buy the property, it is when you "put it into service."

Not sure if you are looking to get into the PM business or just renting a property you own, but contracts is the only thing I would contact an attorney for.