Here is a link to the proposed changes: Proposed Housing Ordinance ChangesThere are upcoming public meetings as well as a survey on their website where feedback can be given. for those that are interested.I am not sure how the city is trying to get the word out, but I am just hearing about this and I even previously had registered with them as a landlord.

Federal Fair Housing Act says: In buildings with four or more dwelling units and at least one elevator, all dwelling units and all public and common use areas are subject to the Act’s design and construction requirements.

Private funding could also be secured and very rarely will they have the means to check credit.

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?.

Other lenders, not really.He got the property with hard money to secure it, then refinanced. 

Your comment did remind me that depending on close date, their may be refunds owed for security or cleaning deposits that get refunded after close date for stays that occurred before close date

I bolded the phrase which seems to fit our end of the business, "Any entity created solely for the purpose of securitizing loans secured by an interest in real estate, provide the entity does not service the loans" which would be exempt.

(Sorry James, seemed like a set-up waiting for a punchline.)A serious answer is look at the public records for the owner and then pay a skip trace service to locate a phone number.

Landlord may withhold any such amounts from Tenant's security deposit."

And the local building official called it commercial.I think we can secure some rehab financing, but we'd like to do a long term commercial loan once we have it repaired and rented.