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When you decide to become a landlord, there are a number of steps which you will need to take to locate good tenants, protect your property from excessive damage, and minimize conflict and problems with your tenants. While you can't engage in illegal discrimination as a landlord, that doesn't mean you can't exercise some discretion in selecting the tenants who will live in your property. If, for example, you have a small one bedroom home available to rent, you can certainly limit the number of people who will live there. If you are a single woman renting a room in your home, you generally have the right to refuse to rent to a man. However, state and federal laws equal housing laws generally prohibit you from turning down families with children, and from discriminating on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, or disability.