As of now, my PM has had all the work completed except for the lead clearance, as we cannot paint the outside at the moment due to the cold weather.The thing is that since the inspection the tenant is withholding rental, claiming the home is not compliant and as such cannot be legally rented out.

Sure they may handle snow removal, lawn care, etc, but be careful about allowing them to make capital improvements to the property as they may be able to claim an equity interest in the property even if they do not exercise the option to purchase.

The insurance company agreed this was a legitimate claim and will pay for the repairs. 

What I mean is if it has never rented at that price and the market doesn't support it, then it is a false claim. 

Another way is to search for small claims court filing.

Our experience is that US banks are at least a decade behind servicing customers compared to Australian banks.

It says no security deposit was paid on the lease, but the tenant claims this is not the case.Anyway, I know we should probably talk to an attorney but the legal fees + eviction fees I'm sure would not be worth the $700 we are losing from this tenant.

We buy and dozens to hundreds of properties per month and have done so since the late ‘90s.Around 2005 I had a SQL relational database custom designed by some bright local guys to the tune of about $300K to ease the processing pain my staff was experiencing.

Sure, every broker/realtor has to differentiate themselves somehow, but claiming to have a unique, special, or "first" access to properties isn't accurate.  

I have had customers use TD Bank for their first property at 80% LTV.