Aside from difficulty in finding renters where is the pressure coming from for you to take a loss or risk a loss by modify your lease.If you are being forced to give up potentially 17% of you annual income would it be safer to not rent to students.

According to his background check, it looks like he had some financial difficulty in 2013 and 2014.What are your thoughts on if I should rent to them?

How difficult is it to transfer the section 8 over to your name once you purchase the property?

-Finding good vendors to work in these types of communities may be difficult. I

Having seen the below average intelligence installers that turn up at our properties, it really shouldn't be that difficult. I

But since I myself have never rented, I am having difficulty getting past the psychology of everything.

Since you mentioned you've had difficulty finding tenants for both your units, I suspect you may be setting your rents above market rate.    

.- If vouchers are shifted from urban areas, landlords who currently own Section 8 properties in those areas could have more difficulty renting their properties.

The good news is the unscrupulous tenant now has an eviction case on their record and they will have difficulty renting from any responsible landlord in the future until they satisfy their account with you.Then, going forward, you can tell future applicants that not only can the security deposit NOT be used for the final month's rent, but that you will and have filed claims against past tenants who attempted to do that. 

But I'm still having difficulty figuring out what's in it for her, other than she gets a discounted rent.