Then be prepared to raise the rent to market rate at the next lease signing.

Also I don't EVER sign a 12 month agreement with the PM, if you don't like something they do you need to be able to get out quickly.

We have all rolled through a few stop signs in our lives, right?

They offered to sign a two year lease if I lowered the rent to 2600.00 a month.

I am not saying this to be a jerk but to encourage you to think about new ways to find leads; bandit signs (almost always illegal but very effective), door hangers, knocking on doors, buying a direct mail list.I hope that you are able to make this work.

Don't overlook a sign on the building. 

Instead she had her daughters husband fill out the report and says he will co-sign with her on the lease.

My wife tried co-signing, but now the bank wants me as a co-signer too.

As long as the house meets budget, they are allowed to select it, regardless of neighborhood.

From where I sit I see signs for caution but not signs of running into a bunker.