@Steven Nguyen Great comprehensive post!

If you start bending your rules now to accommodate, you will be doing that the entire lease.

Our family is growing (I am expecting) and are in need of more rooms to accommodate all.

The agent is only looking for a 9 month lease with a month to month option and is offering to pay a premium (+$400/month) if I accommodate her request.

I've been in probably 1000s of houses in Irving and I think I've seen 2 with ADU type accommodations. 

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@Jay HinrichsI did actually consider lowering the price about 4% than market value to accommodate the 5% realtor fees.

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