What methods should I use to determine if the price of the house would be in the ballpark of what I would need it to be without seeing the house?

This seems like a red flag to me, and potential sign of a problematic tenant.

They don't have to be a partner nor have equity for a lender to sign-off on management."

Question is: should we execute cash-out refi AHEAD of renter signing lease or AFTER?

The seller-like many in this market-have their eyes filled with dollar signs and can no longer see reality.

I prefer to do business with those who know ther crafts instead of those pretending to know it all by showing signs of “grandeurism” just because they have a college degree.

Bad debt shows a sign of financial weakness in a individual. 

In fact I did a search through our records and I wasn't able to find any communication between you & us at all.Beyond that, are you actually qualified to determine what is good & bad construction pricing?

We originally signed a 2 year lease and when that was up, the owners let us continue at the same rate on a month-to-month basis.

The value of damages to your car is determined to be a new bumper, which costs $1200.