But yes, now that we are here, maybe let him know that if things do not get up to date or cleaned up you will go to his superiors.When people are late right at the beginning, I let them know that the behavior is not acceptable and let them know there are consequences to that bad behavior. 

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There is a free web site you can list your section 8 rentals on. 

Now less than a year later, the property is being sold as a duplex and everything on the city and county’s website said duplex.

You'll likely want someone that can handle A to Z with marketing, pricing, cleaning, maintanence, decor, websites, reviews etc.

For example they won’t tell me my estimated completion date even after 14 months under contract.3.

Enforce the lease; it's a cheap date through their auto insurance company...and get proof of it.Landlord should be "additional interest" not "additional insured"

Understanding the interest rate, loan maturity date, and any prepayment penalties will help gauge urgency.3.

On public websites, I see some options to acquire a duplex in central Los Angeles under $550K which would require at least another $50K of work if I do not outsource most of the labor.

I would keep the deposit unless I am able to rebook the dates and then I would only make her pay the difference for any unbooked nights.