From this 40,000 foot view, I would tell her I would let her out of the lease, but she is responsible for the unit's rent payments while it is vacate, while you make efforts to re-market, show and lease up the unit. 

In my area there are lawyers and law students that call and walk through properties asking all kinds of questions in an effort to get a landlord to slip up so that they can either prosecute or hit you with a hefty fine. 

So you might end up waiting a while to deploy your funds when you could have already been in the game.Def not a fan of partnering on small stuff though- not enough money in it to warrant the effort and hurdles of a partnership.

Even a counter is worth the effort because you are in a conversation.

He made the long distance arrangement a breeze and always made the extra effort to make himself available to deal with the attorneys on our side of things. 

People seem to appreciate the effort, even though they didn't get exactly what they wanted.

I’ve got full time effort to apply.

Even 9-12 months ago you could find essentially move in ready homes (for renters) in the 20-30k range (or even less) without too much effort.

I genuinely appreciate what you are conveying to me.

I hope to retire here so I have made every effort to remain on good terms.