Just food for thought- It's not always in your best interest to provide all of the materials, negotiate too hard, refuse to pay a deposit, etc.

After I placed the 5 day notice on her front door, she text me the next and said she would pay the full amount so I told her to go to the bank and deposit it and she did so we are back in business.

If you can get your direct deposit moved against your heloc right away, and then you do not have to pay bills instantly, you are leaving your idol funds offsetting a 7.5-8.5% interest rate.

One of them being you can't charge more than one month security deposit.

I was heading down a similar path and fortunately I cancelled my contract and forfeited my deposit. 

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I'm not sure what leverage you would have outside of taking legal action, these are generally things that should all have been on the closing statment along with deposits etc. 

Or they run a scam where they pretend to be the landlord and steal prospective tenants security deposits.

The "deposit" works as a way to make the payments on whatever you've drawn and self consumes itself.  5.75-6.25% fixed interest, amortized over 25 years for a 5 year term. 

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.