Because they pay for the privilege of living in your financial investment does that make you indebted. 

There is a Fair Housing regulation that says if you hire a 3rd party to conduct fair housing testing on you, the fact of the testing, and the results, are absolutely privileged.

I think the Pro status should be reclassified as something like Premium Member or Platinum Member with all such privileges currently held.REI Pro need not imply BP  any privileges whatsoever.My $.02

I've had the privilege of meeting and spending some time with him.  

It outlaws: Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling.Advertising the sale or rental of a dwelling indicating preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.Coercing, threatening, intimidating, or interfering with a person's enjoyment or exercise of housing rights based on discriminatory reasons or retaliating against a person or organization that aids or encourages the exercise or enjoyment of fair housing rights.

My understanding is these lending privileges are done to encourage first time home buyers to buy. 

@Chris Newman It's a privilege to hear from someone who's been in the business for so long!  

There may be other factors going on in the background that you are not privileged to.Using the A.D.E.

You'll also want to set up some house rules because technically, you are renting out a room and they have access privileges to the common areas like the kitchen, LR, FR, laundry, yard, etc.

If that be the case, you will gave the privilege of requiring a quiet title action should they balk and be unresponsive to your request for payoff.Search Ward Hanigan's Foreclosure Forum for how to search title.