Rest assured, staying off as a commodity for the rest of life won’t benefit the prospective market in long run.

I have been a property manager for over 25 years and your advise is the very best way to keep an eye on things while assuring that if the utilities exceed the designated amount on the lease, the tenantsare responsible for any overage.  

I can assure you that.

I can assure you they or NOBODY does.

Pre-qualification letters provide very little assurance. - The imbalance between seller expectations and buyer's capacity has to be offset somewhere.

They will only proceed when I assure them I'm not.

But i can assure you this isn't going to be the end.

With your assurances, May be I should venture out towards Van Nuys/Valley Glen/NOHO

It gives you more leverage and assures you that you will not lose the time mentioned above.You can use the threat of eviction filing and the carrot of avoiding it to keep the time frame short.Make the move out date & time certain IE One week from today 12-14-18 at noon, -$100 for every hour afterward. 

Before I was a home REA I inspected homes for insurance companies and used that as leveraged giving them assurance I am the best boots on the ground they could have with connections for all of their needs from lending to contractors.