She has tried cleaning it herself and has failed.

Is that considered 'passive' income and permissible under this type of non-immigrant visa?

I have a house that we pained, cleaned, changed the carpet, etc.

Just because a property is clean to be turnkey and in a good area if you don’t know for yourself you can still get screwed really bad.

He has a non-violent felony record, first time offender, great job, great guy... however ran background check and he came back approved.

The title company would typically handle that, and confirm there are no other liens on the property so you get clean title.

If you're trying to get a conventional Fannie/Freddie loan asking another bank won't help.Your issue is they cut off at 45-50% max DTI and you are currently at 65%.You need to get rid of some debt, increase income, get a co-signer or look for non-conventional lenders.

One was a clean freak and the other a pig on a TV show from the 1970s or 1980s.Did you run a credit and criminal history check?

I had a great Idea to clean it up .  

I am not interested in why a applicant does not qualify or to complicating my process by having to qualify a second non tenant, chase that individual for payment and possibly risk having to evict.