cshenk wrote:
"blake murphy" wrote

section 8 renters are like any other group - some good, some bad.
lee, don't succumb to fear of poor people.

True, but I still advise checking the rules carefully. You as the owner are
more limited in several ways if you go that route. In the interests of
'protecting the tenants from evil owners' they've added some extra rules
that can be both expensive on the owner, and difficult. Apparently
terminating a lease with a bad section8 tenant can be very difficult.

I have no clue about section 8 laws, but different states are more or
less landlord friendly. The townhouses we rented out in Virginia Beach
were a PITA to deal with when tenants didn't pay their rent or trashed
the place. It was shocking to me how so many who don't feel any
responsibility or ownership for a place could live like pigs and not
feel any shame about the damage they caused! Virginia was far too
generous with time the tenant could be a slug, unlike Georgia which is
more landlord friendly.