Call the local Housing Authority and get a copy of their utility allowance so you know how much to deduct from the above for utilities to compute what kind of room you have to raise rents (without utils.) 

The person signing the contract has to have the legal authority to sell the property.  

Our local water authority is making life a bit difficult and is delaying getting a final payout number.  

'Never Eat Alone' (not sure of author) This business is all about networking!

The local housing authority will do an initial inspection once you sign a lease with a voucher holder and then yearly inspections after but they are mostly safety issues they are looking for.

The housing authority won't pay it.

I would offer the family member a preferred rate of return on their money and give them no rights or decision making authority in the deal.

This was a suggestion from the book Landlording on Auto Pilot which I do recommend (I am not the author but it has a fair amount of useful tips :=).Thanks for your service to the country and good luck.

If there is no HOA rule about pets and barking, however, then I would also send a written reply to the neighbor stating you have sent notice to tenant that a complaint has been received, but that neighbor should be contacting proper authorities about noise disturbances in the future. 

Many people on the site and several authors have mentioned using local libraries to gain access to hundreds of great real estate and business books and I have taken full advantage of those resources.