He is an excellent person to be friendly with.

If there is room in the budget for a porch I think its an excellent idea but even a small, nice perched awning would add a really nice accent and make the front much more 3D(see attached image below)

If your process is to go in the order received and selecting the first acceptable candidate, then you can simply return the application fee and state that the property has been rented.  

For additional information on networking within your area, visit the Resource tab on this site and select REI Resources and you will see available next working groups within your area.Also, available on the website under the Network tab, is the option to locate under members within your area.Lastly, quite a few individuals post properties available for sale and perhaps you may find something within your area.  

In both cities, the firms I selected are the ones that didn't just answer my questions, but collected information from me ahead of time (property locations, valuation, current rent roll, etc.) and came to me, unasked, during our first meetings with not just their credentials and "sales pitch", but a specific plan for how they would transition the properties, and more importantly, look out for my long-term goals (eg; in the case of raleigh, we have several units renting under market value and the firm came to me proactively with a plan to get those units up to market rent or higher over the next 3-5 years).

You will be able to get all the right observation and the details about the select market and location.

BUREAU CHIEFShutterstockHome prices in Denver are up 10% year-on-year.Here’s a city-by-city look at house prices, as the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite showed a 0.9% monthly gain for March and a 5% year-on-year gain.Note that the cities are those selected by the Case-Shiller report, and that major metropolitan areas including Houston and Philadelphia are not included.CityMonthly gainYearly gainAtlanta0.8%5.4%Boston0.4%4.6%Charlotte0.9%5.8%Chicago0.9%3.4%Cleveland0.4%1.0%Dallas1.8%9.3%Denver1.4%10.0%Detroit0.8%4.2%Las Vegas1.1%5.7%Los Angeles0.8%5.5%Miami1.0%8.7%Minneapolis0.9%3.0%New York-0.1%2.7%Phoenix0.6%3.1%Portland1.1%6.9%San Diego1.3%4.8%San Francisco3.0%10.3%Seattle2.3%7.5%Tampa1.4%8.1%Washington0.8%1.0% Seasonally adjusted, the March home price gain was an even stronger 1%.

You raise some excellent points!  

We have an "early move-out options" sheet that we give tenants who bring this up.They select the option they want and sign and date to make it legally binding.You can outline the desired options in the document, but I would at least charge her for rent up until the date that the new tenants move in.

Thanks for the update.  98% occupancy is excellent.