They are getting real strict on that and are threatening jail time if you don't. 

I would threaten court action and the impending doom of a judgement of fees + court costs coming down on them before actually going to court. 

Tenant has apparently had issues with repairs in the home (unbeknownst to me, as I've authed every repair to come across from PM) and threatened rent escrow as a means to have repairs properly completed (unbeknownst to me, my belief was that they were completed and properly) then followed through a month later ..

I threatened to take him to small claims court over it because this contract was never mentioned in any disclosure plus he said there was no contract(no written proof of this). 

(Three of my 5 tenants threatened to leave after a year with him.)Auburn is a great place to live, but for owning rentals, because the cost of acquisition is so high right now, it's not a great place to put new money. 

So, you may be able to threaten to contact her broker to get her in trouble.

with the lawsuit threatening all the other flips you have going at that time?

The tenant got angry when I insisted on collecting late fees (which she paid; then threatened to move out in 60 days).                                               

I can't threaten to quit or refuse to train someone on the stuff I do so that they can't fire me.

Sure he was aggravated when you asked for rent because the rent money isn't there, he gave it to someone more threatening than you.