but flip side you get a great client that you like dealing with and who U going to call first.. who are you going to bend over backwards for.. and then again in our industry depends on where we are in the cycle. 

If you bend on these rules because you know the HUD check is coming, you will be sorry! 

(which should be done anyway,) that housing will bend a little to help the tenant out.     95% of my tenants pay on time mostly because my rent is due on the 1rst and on the second I post an eviction notice, and three days later I give it to the attorneys.  

The first thing you'll want to do is check with Bend Planning and see what the criteria is. 

I’d love to bend your ear a little on how you’re advertising them.

That being said, between the two markets, I'd have to seriously consider North Bend, Yakima and the Tri Cities if I lived in Snoqualmie or something in the Methow Valley/Okanogan just because it's also a great place for STR and much closer to where you are.

Plenty of small contractors understand that if they get burned bending the rules in one township, fine, there are a hundred others that they can work in.

One of the nice things about math is it doesn't have to bend to any particular persuasion - liberal or conservative, religious or not, male or female, any dichotomy you want to come up with, math stays the same.