The gentrification along rural has pushed a lot of the problems out to Sherman and compressed issues from various areas.

I've been reading books this forum and listening to lots and lots of BP podcasts over the last 2 years and now eager to push the start button however my market here is pretty expensive.

A few pushed me to try and work for my Real Estate License.Is it worth it to get my license? 

But you could push the rent to the top end of normal, and that would probably prompt them to move out  Best suggestions: rent it at market rent, so someone is not motivated to stay on.

@Nathan G. are you pushing your rents to the higher end of the market.

The NW side continues to push outward. 

That type of investing pushes greenhorns out of the rental business every day.

The unique thing in this situation is that our tenants were currently in the processing of purchasing a different home, but they're hoping to get out of that since the builders are being very difficult and pushing things longer than originally planned. 

If you are not going to enforce it, get it out of the lease.Every time you allow the tenant to violate the terms of your lease, it's an indication that you really don't care and it's motivation for them to push farther.If they are PITA tenants, I would give them written notice of this violation and let them know your next step will be (fine, eviction notice, etc.)

Also many seller's agents won't want to deal with a buyer who is self-representing, so they may push their buyer away from putting the property under contract with you.I'm in the multifamily world, so no.