I read the motions, the replies, the discoveries, the depositions, the briefs and the rulings then the appeals and on and on.

I tried to give my old GC a chance because I did not want to increase budget and don't have the funds for another deposit, but I feel stuck and just need to move forward asap!    

You'll find more people on regular long-term rental sites than you would on anything designed for MTR, which is not even a term people are familiar with.If you are renting longer than 30 days, you should screen, collect a security deposit, use a written lease agreement, and follow the landlord-tenant laws for long-term rentals.

6) Hold security deposit complaint with your state laws?

@Jeff Daring in the standard contracts we use, specific lender is stated in the contract, so a denial from that lender would likely be all you need to exit with your deposit back unless you did something to sabotage the loan.

To get the additional 2 months rent plus also any damages that exceed the security deposit since you won't know what damage there is until they leave you may need to sue a 2nd time.

If you have been self-employed for 2 years lenders will use 12 months of your deposits into both your personal and business accounts as qualifying income.

., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)

I'm guessing this is a shared house and she's renting a room in it.For her deposit, I'd only keep whatever expenses are related to clean up and damage.

You're being encouraged to finance people's earnest money deposits.