By leaving him off the lease, you'll allow yourself an 'out' if some day they get to fighting or there is an issue, you can use the reasoning that he is a guest for him to leave, and if he doesn't move you can evict both on the grounds that your tenant has violated the provision in the lease that guests are only allow to stay x # of days.And beyond putting him in as a tenant w/ full rights and responsibilities, I wouldn't have his name on the lease for that reason.

If you don't like the regulations, and you want to stay in this business (which is always a choice,) you can try fighting city hall (or the state, feds, EPA, or whatever organization is causing you grief.)

Lenders asses risk and know if the place is where you lay your head at night to sleep you will fight much more to keep the place.A lender at closing will usually make you sign a document stating that you tend to live in the place if you are going for a home owner loan.

For example where I am located after obtaining my eviction, I just mail in the sheet of paper called a rent and damage report to the court which gives me a money judgement which is entered in on my behalf, if tenants dont fight it. 80% of my cases tenants dont even show up to the following court date.

I did find some guides on the subject, most from the POV of the tenant fighting eviction!

Maybe Im over thinking it but the last 6 months people are starting to fight over fix me upper houses you couldnt give away a year ago!!

Quite often the credit-card companies will take the money back now, and let you fight for it back later.

You can always fight or compromise the 10% later with threats of litigation and a complaint to the State's Real Estate Commission.

But right now after all the fighting with them, they started doing a better job.

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