They feel they can be honest, and the original tenant retains the right to kick the other one out if it's not working.I also told them I don't care what their financial arrangement is - but the original tenant remains responsible to pay me the rent every month.And the BF or GF felt comfortable if they saw me, and weren't afraid to call me with maintenance issues, etc.Yes, you could end up actually creating a tenancy this way, with the unapproved tenants - depending on the laws where you are, but this worked beautifully for me and my tenants.  

If you are concerned with damages exceeding the deposit when the tenant moves out, you always retain the right to get a judgement/pursue the tenant for the cost of the additional damages.If everything else checks out with the tenant except the service animal, I would allow it.I hope this helps.

I really think there are ways to retain tenants and I think creating a community is one way.

We waited to not renew her lease (instead of evict) so she could retain her section 8.3,  In the past, tenants have had more flexible move in/ move out dates (e.g., could move out the previous weekend) but this time everyone was stacked up and there was no room.4. 

I am not shy about retaining the tenants' security deposit to cover the increase in repair cost over my existing estimate.

Property guidelines:Between 1300 - 2000 sqftPitched roof with substantial south facing surface area with minimal shadeSingle story All electricNow, outside of, reducing my carbon foot print,  local and federal tax credits do you see this as being a smart marketing tool to obtain and/or retain tenants?

In a post-Heller world, it is going to be very, very difficult for publicly-owned housing to retain prohibitions on firearms.As for the ammo point:  long time vollie FF here.  

Tenants retain all responsibility.

I would be cautious and dig a little deeper.Being in a city on the state line, common reasons for people not changing their driver's licenses or vehicle plates here include: evading paying registration fees, evading paying sales tax by showing an ID from a state that has no sales tax, evading being tracked down by creditors, evading paying child support, evading the law, planning to move back to the other state soon (short tenancy), wanting to retain some of the benefits of the prior state (library card, voter registration, tax privileges, etc.)  

This is not legal advise, as you find out more details, you may need to retain an experienced real estate attorney.9.