When she questioned why the landlord feels that she needs to pay for the test, they sited the lease agreement where it stated that the landlord verified that there was no mold at the time she moved in and that it is the responsibility of  tenant to "maintain the premises in a manner that prevents the occurrence of an infestation of mold in the premises.

would the 15% discrepency prevent you from closing? 

This prevents erroneous maintenance requests, or a tenant trying to get you to upgrade the property through work orders.

Evictions are nearly impossible with the LTB having a hidden agenda to prevent evictions and pass housing responsibilities along to the private sector.

If you do conventional and sell within 6 months this could prevent you from getting financing down the road.

If family, work and sports have prevented you from starting you are not in a position to start.

While the low down payment costs are what entices many veterans to jump on that loan , it will significantly increase your PITI and ultimately thats more money you would have to pay interest on, even 1% down can prevent thousands of dollars in interest over the life of the loan.Best of luck and feel free to reach out for anything I can help with!

I’m not sure how to prevent further issues.

They won’t want to do it, they don’t have to Use your lender for the loan, but you need to insist......to prevent what you just went through.

You’re getting to a point now where it’s not just the market that is preventing you from finding what you want.