Requiring all landlords to accept Sec 8 will be difficult to enforce, even if turned down tenants make claims.

This hasn't happened much over the last 30 plus years as rates have dropped, but if rates start rising, this clause might be enforced much more than in the past.Some issues to think about.

. ($500 a year in Panama) Plus in Texas I have to register rentals with code enforcement and pay then $55 a year for the privilege.

Hi Will,On financial reporting:  how will you enforce that (if you already have that clause in the lease that requires them to report their financial quarterly)? 

I'm not an attorney nor providing legal advice here so IDK but I would not want to risk it myself but then again it's a matter of enforcement  As a broker, I know of dozens of MHP owners and operators and haven't heard about them recently.

Even though VA may not require this by law, you certainly have the right to draft your lease in a way that suits your business model and still is fair and reasonable with prospective/current tenants.I'm always thinking of things like this, and not having knowledge of any weird tenant rights laws in VA, I would just run it by an attorney to be sure it's legally enforceable.

Call code enforcement to temporarily condemn property since it is uninhabitable without utilities turn on.Then call sheriff to remove squatter from condemned property. 

They still don't have any enforcement and aren't even sure yet on cost to permit, but it is finally fully approved.

My experience with auction sites is they don't enforce the earnest money deposit when you don't go through with deal.

But enforcement is based almost exclusively on whether a neighbor complains.