-German Shepherds are wolves that grew bored with the pack and now live in my home; liabilities be darned...I am here to share what I know, grow where I am weak, and obtain a stronger relationship with my girls by slowly ending the indentured servitude to my daily grind.

If you need a stronger guarantee, then perhaps consider partnering with someone who can assist in that or experience. 

Implemented stronger management and leasing policies.

However, my original desire to achieve financial freedom has just became stronger.

As in, a 10,000 person town I'd stay away from - you want a reasonably diversified economy...Here's the main concern I have with your startup plan - Inevitably investing out of your area will put someone locally in a stronger position with regards to negotiating. 

I need a stronger market in Scranton in order to refinance.

It made me reflect on my struggles and successes and which ones have made me stronger and which ones I have let hold me back. 

Whatever you choose, though, you will generally get better treatment and terms, and develop a stronger relationship with a lender at a credit union than a bank, because of the cooperative ownership and not-for-profit structure of the former.

This situation doesn’t appear to need stronger word choices.

This is actually a sign of a growing stronger economy.I would suggest you shop around at different banks.