Pending sales in DFW dropped like a rock vs. prior year, and since sales lag pending contracts by a month or two I would expect that it will start to affect the sales numbers shortly. 

Tell her to kick rocks.

Even caught red handed you would be way ahead and wouldn't have to go through all their non sense permitting process and very likely wouldn't be fined if you retroactively comply with their inquiries.

Maybe you should cross-post this in the Success Stories forum - most newbie introductions don't include 5 deals / 9 doors ;) Already a rock star! 

Our systems are just about rock-solid (some lingering P&L clean up, could use a better GC/Handy-person on call) and our occupancy should be taken care of through this weekend's showings.

A few years ago I helped my (retired) parents buy their most recent house by directly giving them a $100k cash down payment, and they would like to leave the house to me when they pass in thanks for the assistance (it ended up helping keep their mortgage extremely low since they are on a fixed income).They are very worried that it will somehow get caught up in probate or red tape when they pass even if my name is spelled out in the will, and wanted to see about just adding me to the title or something so that there is a seamless transition without any hassle.

When your SF is down for renovation or being marketed for a new tenant, you have $0 coming in but you still have a mortgage to pay, so the month is automatically in the red, not even counting any other expenses, etc..  

I hope this post doesn't come off as negative, but I've seen this happen a few times and there's a few red flags that popped up in your post. $150k sounds terrific on the surface, but it took you 4 years to get there.

Over time you will network.A lot of what you get here is feel good rock n roll nonsense. 

@Alan Faitel Probably the reason the last 7 property inspectors we used wrote the worst things possible about the property IN BOLD RED CAPS!!