A moratorium does not prevent all tenants from leaving their apartments.

-Local governments will continue to increase barriers to entry Local zoning ordinance and housing requirements will continue to get more stringent to "make housing more affordable" and to "prevent the evil greedy developers from making too much money".

Delaying close will trigger the inherited tenant’s unattractive lease to auto-renew for a year (I need to serve notice by end of February to prevent that).

It is a good preventative measure to take.

Is there something in your background that prevents you from obtaining a RE License in Texas?

You could also check to see who other owners have uses and who your agent recommends.Just because you start a claim with your company, you are not prevented from also putting a claim in if you find that she has coverage.   

She had a week to have evaluation done to prevent from having it escalated with the board.

That will make things cleaner all the way around and prevent you from starting from scratch at each new transaction.

I also cannot prevent them from researching and comparing prices for the property that might be available there or on other sites.

So before even getting to the actual costs of materials and labor, I've paid $40,000.I'm tempted to move into the home myself because it will be so nice and rent out my own home, but I can't at the moment due to an unrelated responsibility that keeps me stuck living in my current home for an undetermined span of time still.Through all of this, though, the main overarching disappointment and frustration is that this situation is detracting from my personal cash flow and preventing me from contributing my full potential to my retirement funds.