@Noah Laker Will you be running the house or leasing it to a company.

Is this a 2 bedroom apartment that is currently being leased (in the eyes of the CHA) as a 1 bedroom apartment?

You’d need to check the local laws to see what counts.Tenant Violations: If they’re breaking lease terms—like not paying rent or subletting—you might have grounds to evict.

You can also offer to lease with an option to buy to tie up the property until you are ready to purchase. 

Not one lease in the entire country says a tenant can’t take the appliances when they leave, even long term leases.

If there's six months left on the lease, there's six months left on the lease.

New landlord and she's still not paying rent probably because she knows she has a lot of time before you get everything together (proof of non-payment, copies of lease, etc), before you can evict her.

Friendship and business don’t always mix well, so it’s critical to use a solid lease and treat this as a business arrangement.

And I have a tenant locked in for a year at $1400 (they signed a year lease right before the house was put on the market in December).

She also renewed leases of tenants that had been significantly behind on rent.