She is a person who would rather buy her dream house (imagine stereotypical millennial design aesthetics)  a little farther away from the city instead of a BRRRR in a C class neighborhood.

Nashville is a strong market right now from what I understand so I imagine your upgrades added some decent value to your home.

I would have a hard time imagining a tenant wanting to take a patio and cover with them, especially since it would probably be destroyed when removing it.

To take a somewhat extreme example, imagine someone performing free surgery without proper training.

I imagine you'll do that part yourself, as you’ll be house hacking.

Something more personal would be something I should play to I would imagine?

If you have the property manager managing it, then I would imagine they would handle all the  details of maintenance and cleaning, which is what would be required.

I imagine many responses to my inquiry here will be to discuss the matter with our lawyer, and we are doing that. 

Because if getting a dog isn't something you can agree on and can cause tension or trust issues, imagine taking every liquid penny in your name and putting it into a house.You don't need to convince her to have a passion.

I can only imagine how often this is happening in this current situation.