While there are no specific Georgia laws regarding mold prevention and remediation, if the tenants are harmed by the presence of mold they very well could take legal action.

But in San Antonio Texas things like a sloping floor (many old houses) that prevents a door from closing all the way means a section 8 issue.A house does not have to be up to section 8 standards to find renters.In San Antonio I have seen old houses rent with sloping floors, missing the glass from 3 windows, fireplaces crumbing onto the ground, birds inside, bugs inside, no screens, roofs that leak like a deluge, backdoor with no handle or lock, porch roof held up by a huge duck taped stack of books, grass 3 feet high, plywood over missing windows, some with a combination of these issues when the renter moved in and when they moved out.That's in San Antonio.Some would call it Slum housing, but there are no Slums in San Antonio, just some older not cared for homes in the older neighborhoods that some people rent mixed in with decent kept up houses.

Does anyone use a preventative maintenance check list or plan on a weekly or monthly basis? 

If you intend to stick with real estate, I recommend using some of my suggestions below to help prevent another mistake:Remember: cheaper doesn't mean you'll make more money.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

Planned to rehab with them there to keep them, prevent vacancy and pull my cash out in the spring when I refinance before rates get jacked and market shifts....typical BRRRR in a slightly different order.

Is there a better way to get around this or prevent it?

As far as i can tell i cant find a law preventing this, just that most organizations have a 2 per bedroom policy. 

Making them fill out paperwork and submit via email will prevent continuous random texts.

Clogged toilet, seized garbage disposal, etc.

They taught me how place ads that would screen people, told horror stories, and stories of preventing untruthful leasers.