It seems if you are far away from this property then it might be a good idea to consider hiring the services of an experienced property manager who really could provide ongoing communication during the whole stay.  

Consider the emotional aspect too. 

(I was communicated that their was a kitchenette permit pulled for the garage by my real estate agent during the purchase process. )Any suggestion for temporary solutions for this would be greatly appreciated.

I'm a nice guy and I'd love to help her, but now I feel like I'm down to documented, official communications only.

Seeing as how I'm not sure if you are communicating this properly, but one could be crossing ethical / legal boundaries --- maybe.Personally, the rental activity for that sort of property and tenant would not be worth the time.Thanks for letting us know. 

Majority of mold complaints are tenants panicking and/or trying to get free rent out of their landlord.If they do get an attorney involved, their attorney will send you a written notice, which will lay out the issues and often tell you to give the letter to your insurance company.Don't bother with this, but you can discuss with your agent.When you or your PMC (or both) receive a legal notice of a case started, that's when you want to get your insurance company involved.Recommend you keep a record of all your communications with your PMC about this issue.

I ended the offer to rent to the tenant on December 1st and didn't receive any communication from LMHA until December 15th when they tried to schedule the inspection...that's 45 days to process a voucher.We had another home pass inspection on November 5th and we hadn't "stopped and waited" for LMHA because it had never been a major issue before so we let the tenant move in...LMHA announced on November 15th that the tenant voucher needed to be re-evaluated by LMHA and that the rent rate needed to be adjusted (The story was the "Administrator A" reviewed and approved it but since they had resigned, now we had to wait for "Administrator B" to do it.

The contract should have outlined the amount of earnest money you deliver.I actually have a buyers agent representing me, but still everything needs to be done ASAP and the sales rep is trying to push him aside and communicate directly with me.

And you can't be of service if you don't communicate well, so one will communicate well. 

It’s emotionally draining, but I’m determined to honor his legacy by building a real estate portfolio, just like he did.On top of that, I’ve faced a lot of loss in recent years.