Better to spend a couple hundred bucks than to lose thousands because of a quirk in the law you didn't understand.. 

I’m African America and it’s sad one has to think like this but I’m black and I know my appearance is gonna frighten off some older white couple, how do I avoid that?

I have good relationships with a couple local banks. 

This year I'll only have a couple months rent on it  ~$2500. 

So you've got a couple of options

Also, the garbage is included with the water here, and the water typcially runs a couple hundred bc they suck.  

For the first couple months, she paid on time and in full.

As an example, if a couple brokers say that it should be a gas station, ask them to speak to a few gas station developers who may be interested and work out a partnership with them or pay them as consulting fee for helping you set it up.

There's a couple spots along the wall where the floor dips down as well. 

@Jeff Cragar, it's hard to say which would be best because each meetup has a unique aspect to it and best way to find out is to attend a couple.