I understand for you to get that call and be invited to the house, means they are more likely motivated then not.

Like Inviting Ivory(SW 6372) or Jersey Cream (SW 6379).

there are more than one section 8 program, the one most will run into is the hcv one, that is used by housing authorities and the va, it sets a % that the tenant can afford base on income , roughly 30% to 3.5 income , sometimes more or less, the authority pays the difference, so the tenant will qualify based on your income standards, the program states you dont have to take it,as well as you dont have to take a person of color or nationality, but you cant turn down because of that, and that is what they are getting to, you cant use it as a sole reason to deny, in many states and localities they go further to define that, there are many testers out there, be warned, and a lawsuit will be against government, they even recoup their legal fees, so putting it out there or any questionable wording is inviting scrutiny, might as well be saying no children, you may get by one time or two but guideline is advertise the property, not the tenant you want in it or dont want, more and more states are making it law, and I wouldnt want to be their test case, HUD does view it as discrimination, if they have sec 8 because a disablity, but you cant ask that, best way to fight a lawsuit is if you do have a "good" sec 8 tenant just dont make it a qualify factor, the housing for returning veterans is hcv section 8, do you want to be the landlord that turned away war hero?

Wow...such a nice invitation...I won't be able to make it this evening but would certainly make every attempt to get to future meet ups!

The one thing I'm going to do differently this time, is pre-screen applicants before inviting them to view the house, as discussed in at least one article on this site; that sounds like a simple process. 

If you have windows without screens, you are inviting bugs in, and I have recently heard of a law suit claiming that if the landlord had put a screen in place it would have prevented the intruder from intruding and raping the tenant. 

It truly is a accomplishment to get that first one up a running, and seeing the customers enjoy the atmosphere. 

I understand that folks that are heavily invested in Cleveland may misconstrue these statements as attacks on their market but I’d invite you to take a step back, leave the emotions at the door, and read what I wrote for what it is.  

ThomasThomas, thanks for the invite.  

Thank you all very much for the invite.