I have been reading many posts ofln this site for some time, and have found them very informative.

They have an online application that you can customize and can do the screenings through their site.

Have you done a member search on this site for attorneys in Mcallen?

This is not your forte and likely it is actually losing you money.

For a PM if a property goes sideways it cost them $75-$150/mo so in a year they lose $1000 in a year on a bad property. 

You need to know when to cut your loses and move on with your life.

If you ask them for proof, they run to a doctor or a web site and get a letter.You have to determine your comfort level and how you want to proceed.

congrats on getting started and as for education and wanting to learn more this is an awesome site where you can get a ton of information but you need to know what you're doing all this information can be an overload if you dont know exactly what you want to do in the game man !

No reason to lose money renting to them, unless you got a KILLER deal.

I've decided to move closer to the job so my commute will drop dramatically (which is about 100+ miles from me now to the new site).