B ) discount his rent $100 for the month as a way to compensate for inconvenience, or C ) problem has been addressed accordingly by owner and tenant should be happy he got things addressed in timely manner and got money back?

The site eig.org has an OZ interactive map where you can put in an address or gps coordinates and it will show if it's in an OZ.

I get that certain areas just aren't good for my particular business plan, but I got a flat "I don't go there", "It is too competitive" or simply not addressing the questions I asked.

I like to travel a lot and while my current situation supports my nomadic (but with a permanent address) lifestyle, I'm getting older and the shared house situation is beginning to ware on my nerves at times.

@Matt Darak If the lease doesn’t address it, then he’d be breaking the lease if he left prior to fulfilling the 12 months he agreed to.

First to address your question, Yes its a good start to use a primary loan to lock in the best interest rates and lowest down payments then later turn it into a rental. 

@Sarah SimoninMost hard money lenders want proof of experience or serious skin in the game.

An exterminator is fairly inexpensive to hire and then you wouldn't have these tenants setting traps (correctly or potentially incorrectly) and not address the issue properly.

go to hinds county tax collector and look up the address it will tell you.however if its owner occuppied they are getting owner tax rate which can be half or less of the investors tax rate.Generally speaking though 60k home in jackson can run 700 to 1400 a year.. 

The guy over the phone was, of course, telling me based on the address the cap should be X.