In that ESA case, Chen (landlord) won.  

While on section 8, can your landlord have you pay for the sewer bill without you having signed the new lease agreement?

He is great and exclusively represents landlords. 

As for self managing, see if you can find a local land lord group.

Purchase price: $135,000 Cash invested: $27,000 First Oxford House rental, previous landlord wanted to liquidate and move on to greener pastures.Cash flows 500$ a month.

@Leland James I met a cash partner at a local land lord association in the Berwyn neighborhood where I invest.

Your lease term and/or landlord tenant laws should state whether you can charge pet fee as additional rent due or if it is a charge to be deducted from security deposit after eviction. 

@Josh Sicking, We specialize in landlord insurance in Texas and what we have seen is that you should use insurance if the damage really requires it, and if it is really just some delayed maintenance, you take care of it out of your expense account on the property. 

Provo for example, actually defines an owner occupant as having at least 50% or greater than 50% ownership because landlords used to do the ownership thing back in the day.The best "loophole" is to rent it to one large/extended family. 

This will make it easier for you to research just for Markets that focus on your personal strategy.Once you have a market ( with low taxes, high rental demand, landlord-friendly laws... a few things I would def look for in any market as an investor ) that fits your personal strategy.