Though you may be exempt as an owner occupant with less than four doors, better to learn the rules now than to crash and burn later on.Good luck!

In this case you are not "exempt" from the capital gains, but the taxes become "deferred". 

The pay stub shows that the applicant is single with zero exemptions.  

Do all of these qualify for 'no pet' exemptions? 

If so, I'd be dramatically concerned about the 3 year period invalidating your exemption when you sell the place.

Am I exempted since it's a owner-occupied duplex?

It might mean that you would be able to deduct some costs of operating the house, but it also might mean that you are jeopardizing being able to take 100% of the personal residence tax exemption when you sell.

Not all of us are lucky enough to be exempt from escrow requirements!    

Better to give them more information than they need, then to skip something that may be important to you and be stuck in a bad situation.You are exempt from federal fair housing laws, so long as you rent it out yourself rather than use a PM, you can pick and choose the person who best fits with your own wants and needs, such as choosing to only allow men to apply for the room.Good luck.

(b) A provision of a lease that purports to waive a right or to exempt a landlord from a liability or duty under this section is void.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1205, Sec. 8, eff.