But don't give up, have patience, and don't compromise on the numbers. 

There seems to be some sort of compromise with all of them in one way or another. 

You say you enjoy/used to enjoy it, so I would consider first giving it a legitimate 1 on 1 with the manager, being real with him, seeing if there could be some compromise and work things out.

I imagine there are several solutions that can provide a happy compromise so if anybody can shed some light, any advice will be greatly appreciated.   

If you are in a rental market that has demand you shouldn’t need to compromise your minimum screening criteria.

In my experience, most of these BEC scams result from someone in the transactions computer having been compromised and the fraudsters laying back and watching the email traffic and choose the best time to send out the phony email at just the right time to the party holding the money be it the title agent, the buyer, the lender or one of the attorneys involved. 

I'm a buyer and wonder how paperwork gonna flow with seller financing without compromising seller/buyer safety especially in the future.

Maybe the solution for CA is more of a compromise between prop 13 and what TN has, but based on income. 

Has anyone had this experience before or potential compromises?

Just maybe there is a compromise.