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.