New landlord question- if I have an individual who wants to rent my place for their parent - who do I have fill out the application?  

I dont care if the tenant is paying themselves, the government, the tenants parents, etc.

Change orders are going to happen, but by needing approval from you before they move forward, this allows you to control expenses better and/or make adjustments in the SOW so that you can stay on track and on budget.

Buy a house using your parents' money, then manage it for them while living there.

These laws have been tested in court and upheld because they do not discriminate against protected classes.Familial status in Fair Housing pertains to the presence of children (pregnant women, people with children, adoptive or foster parents).

Also, if your wife and her parents were the real estate investors first, why aren't they weighing in? 

So, Anca, your parents can 1031 from one property into more than one. 

I was there for about a year when my parents got into a terrible car accident.

Keep in mind rent control is 1 thing, its a laws for existing tenants but some city's like Newark are so strict that you must get approval for what rent can be even after a tenant moves out and new ones move in. 

I don't see a national rent control law ever coming into law - aside from the fact that there's just no need for it, there's way too many things working against it - Congress, constitutional law, lobbyists, etc.