Dot com will always have more SEO juice and anti spam power.

I've been the kind of person who learns by doing and I'm thinking this might be one of those times where I need to belly up to the bar, spend some time on the phone with the bank and see what comes of it.

@Bill Bell I would also tell them what an eviction means on their record and how it will affect their professional lives.

Owning only a few rentals makes the juice not worth the squeeze.

Depending on your strategy (long-term hold, versus mid-term or shorter-term to 1031 exchange), you may get some extra juice for a few years.By the way, you live in Collin County, and they tend not to give on values. 

This got her juice flowing a little bit.

The one thing in your favor is this issue didn't appear overnight and definitely took some time to build up so  any expert could prove and testify that this moreo then likely existed before closing.I replaced a sewer line a year ago in one of my rentals due to a bad belly in the sewer lateral.

Make sure the juice is worth the squeeze if you know what I mean.Hope this helps!

Your absolutely right about questioning wether the juice is worth the squeeze.

On the other hand, anyone you hire today with a solid employment could get fired or laid off tomorrow, we don't concern too much about that, or how likely their employer might go belly up etc...There will be risks either way.