$995/moI'd shoot for $800-$850, but I do have a history of pricing rents low.  

Large swaths of Houston's apartments were built in the 70s, especially in the southwest and eastern parts of town. 

If you come to the conclusion it is best for you to have a website months or years down the road you will already have a history which will work in terms of generating hits.

If history continues to be a good barometer, my savings will earn ~11%.

You put 10 beers in anyone originating loans 2005-2007 (I was not doing this at that time), and you will learn that VERY quickly when they start talking about getting paid three times as much on a $200k "ghetto loan" deal as they did on a million dollar 30 year fixed loan (after including all the bonuses for all the sh-tty "features" of the $200k "ghetto loan").Folks that are self-conscious about their credit and how their work history will be viewed, for various historical reasons, are more likely to either be persons of color or folks often termed "trailer trash."

(And because history tends to repeat itself!)

In your instance, make certain you get her to sign the Canadian version of the credit history authorisation as privacy laws in Canada are different and tighter than those in the U.S.A.Banks in Canada, as anywhere, will charge to convert currency.  

One time we found out that the person who was chomping at the bit to see our property had a history of making false personal injury claims against other landlords and property management companies.

Will this kind of pricing history make me lose $1200 trying to pursue this?

I'm also a member of MAREI and they're going to have a Landlords of Eastern Jackson County bootcamp on the 27th.