Also please check out Rheem and or Bradford White gas tank water heatersAgain Noritz takes it as far as tankless water heater go,,,Bare in mind ,a tankless water heater change out from an old fashioned gas tank water heater is not just "remove and replace" its a major home improvement,,,,May not make sense for a simple rental house,,,,DD

A quick look at cycles will tell you the gold bugs get their way for a brief period of time, in an explosive fashion, every 30-40 years.

I use First American Title.

If you do get a co-signer vet the co-signer in a similar fashion i.e. check credit scores and income.

We do not have any propriety products at this time, I would say at this point we are fashioning ourselves to be uniquely placed to work with investors, builders, etc.

The American with Disabilities Act also use the term service animal.....however that law, and its definition of service animal have NO BEARING ON RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE.

Call me old fashioned, or just old, but I believe in doing it right, all the way down the line.

it took several years of (among other things) poor lending practices, over construction and overspending by the American public to bring it about. 

Once I have gotten into a unit and cleaned it up with new carpet, repairs and new paint, then I don't allow pets in again if that is going to be my policy in a unit.Pets are not a protected class so you needn't worry about discrimination so long as you aren't applying the rule in a discriminatory fashion (I.e., only telling candidates from a protected class that you don't allow pets but then allowing others to have them).  

I am old fashioned so I do everything through google docs and have calls go to my cell phone (that I answer).