I can always bend my own rules if necessary 

.- The property has a main house with a one car garage and then a lower 2 car garage around the bend of the house, which also has a completely separate space that is currently being rented out as a small office to the school bus company next door.

Yes, there are those tenants who are "nice to me" but don't really want to "bend a little." 

I once thought you needed to bend over backwards to accommodate and be nice to your tenants - Wrong I'm not saying you need to be severe, you just don't need to be professional.

To be honest, I love seeing all the stupid bad listing items/ actions as it tells me this is a possible deal, and an agent I can bend around like a pretzel in negotiations. 

@Kathy Lowery alot of conventional lenders will require this. in my experience, you may get slightly better terms waiting and going with a lender that requires this seasoning period but, for me, i do not usually like to wait. some of the not-so-conventional lenders will bend on the seasoning period. happy to share more info and contacts

Those are kind of hard to bend. 

I am planning to implement a similar build-to-rent strategy with my vacant lots in Bend, so this post was informative and encouraging.

(IWe've also developed property in Orange County, CA and Bend, OR) We have a very unique set of circumstances here that is driving housing demand.

If you bend your vetting criteria and take a less qualified tenant I think things can end up much worse.I think if you are priced right and have a good product it should still rent.