But if I worked in Portland and lived in Vancouver then I’d be getting taxed at Portland’s income tax, be paying Washington’s sales taxes, would constantly be fighting horrendous I-5 traffic on the bridge, and would have less neighborhood amenities.

I like your advice on better spending my time looking vs fighting on that note are their any tips on finding lenders? 

As for the past rent wanting a refund you can fight that as her paying rent all that time sets a precedent as a acceptance of new rent amount.

Joshua did mention finding a MFH but they are very difficult to obtain & you would be fighting tremendously and potentially even overpaying in our market (maybe). 

Along with that, you could deal with other pesky issues such as noise complaints for example.

I actually prefer the commute in from both of those cities into Allen vs fighting the traffic on the 75 in either direction... at least for now;-) Good luck to you in Texas!

If you put in fire extinguishers you are indicating that you are holding tenants responsible for fighting fires.

@Mary MitchellHi Mary,That is something I debated a lot because you’re exactly right - there’s not much I can do right now if she fights it and doesn’t move out.

The flowers and bulbs were fighting to live, the tree was snapped off at the 3 foot high mark, the bushes were chopped down. 

Neighbors didn’t like the new boyfriend of the tenant and they would call me complaining that they were fighting all the time.