And less paperwork would be a big win. 

I feel her winning possession of the property and keeping the 3 months of withheld rent(and additional months after while remodeling the other unit) was very unfair so I'm paranoid now and want to consider every angle i can.

We often require prospects to apply before they can see a property - yes, we lose some qualified prospects, but we win bigger via weeding out unqualified time-wasters.We charge a $25 app fee which only covers our hard costs for screening report, so no refund issues.Can't see how the 2nd fee would go over well, unless you are in a super hot market.

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The desktop appraisal from the new lender came in about 20k lower than what I had hoped for, but still ended up getting the HELOC for more than I needed so it was a win in the end.

That's going to make even a residential mortgage for your own normal prized home difficult.

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We're talking $6-8K net in CA.While I can agree with everyone that keeping a prized bay area property has grandeur, the opportunity costs, to me, appear very high.

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