The system should inform them of what to bring to court and should have zero tolerance for their stall tactics.

Tolerant and flexible won't bat an eye. 

If you're not opposed to living the apartment lifestyle since you're still young enough to tolerate it :), you might look at a 203k loan to rehab a tired 4 plex wherever you decide to live.

We have tolerated it while we were saving for a home only to be let down in the pre-approval process due to DTI.

What’s your risk tolerance.

My thoughts are based on my experience Selling/Managing Residential Real Estate and my research/observations into the field of Real Estate Investing.If you are interested in Real Estate Investing I would suggest you research the different types of Real Estate Investment types and find the type that matches your budget, experience, goals, risk tolerance and energy requirements (among other self selected criteria).

Its all different levels of risk tolerance with varying levels or reward.

People's tolerance increases and the the pain starts to come back and doctors are afraid to keep raising the dosage so then people start to buy them from whoever they can. 

Be courteous and helpful but explain you will not tolerate late rent or bad behavior and you will be golden.

There just aren’t enough homes here to satisfy the demand, so folks might be more tolerant given the lack of alternatives.