I provided my new HR Contact and that was the last I heard about it.  4/13 at 3 PM (the day before closing and 19 days after I told my LO of the job change) I received a frantic call from my LO, his branch manager and the company's SVP. 

For companies nothing to change in taxation.

If they have the same layout and kept the small bedroom/bathroom, you probably should not dump a bunch of extra money into changing the layout.If you make it a 2-bedroom home, it'll be appraised as such (regardless of how your township views it), and you could end up not getting a lot (or any) money out of this when you refinance.What do the nearby rental ads look like?

I have hobbies, but they seem to change on a monthly basis, I've been told my biggest hobby seems to be school. 

Tenant requests being allowed to do improvements - generally not allowed unless it is completely reversible and causes no structural or cosmetic change to the unit.

So it didn’t make a huge change for us in our lifestyles.

With any month-to-month lease, the landlord can raise the rent, change or terminate the agreement at the end of each month, with proper written notice to the tenant.

They went to the town to try and change it to a MF but the town gave them a bunch of issues.

The first lender (GMAC then OCWEN, it changed during this process) what a HUGE pain to deal with. 

If you are buying for an investment though (not your primary), I do believe this changes things.