Prior to making an offer.

There's really no greater risk of a fire with a normal indoor smoker vs the one with the tenant on oxygen in it.Now if you want to go with a no smoking policy then do it, but I wouldn't justify it (to yourself let alone them) that you're in some way making things safer/better.

He had leased the home prior to placing it up for sale by owner and he also mentioned owner financing.

As such, she had a life insurance policy.

This is a reposting of the official notice of the county council's public hearing on April 15, 2015 that is one of the last steps prior to final passage.

That is a very generous policy from Stanford. 

How much needs to be put into it prior to renting? 

It will be a lot cheaper to just lower the rent to what the market will bear for a good tenant with no prior evictions and stable income.It's a lot easier to blame a high utility bill on the landlord than it is to monitor energy usage and live inside your own means.

Its unfortunate people don't have a BS filter because I'd call total BS on any deposit required prior to seeing it let alone $320 in legal documents for a rental. 

Because this property is fully leased, there is no opportunity to improve the property prior to closure/appraisal.