Always, always, always run your own credit/criminal background.Lesson #2: when someone attempts to manipulate you or lie to you, terminate the application immediately.Lesson #3: You can always cancel as long as there's no written agreement. 

So here lies the question... my goal is to scale my business while preserving as much of my own capital as possible... 

You still cannot hold them to the lease and then if they are lying the landlord now has a dispute that has to be settled and with the probability of going to court and very little chance of coming out ahead.

If they don't teach you to be honest and ethical, they are teaching you how to manipulate and lie... and they do not deserve your respect or admiration or you are no better than a plain simple liar and a charlatan. 

If $440 is where your numbers lie then that's where your numbers lie, and you always want to set a low anchor. 

And the HOA should not have to chase down owners to comply or interpret which ones are telling the truth or which ones are lying.  

When I read bad tenant answers, she wrote all lies and made up story.I think your tenant was professional scammer like mine.Dont be too emotional for eviction process.

This has caused some investors to fear a loss in their wealth, while others will be able to avoid it.Within the new plan lies a tax increase for Americans earning more than $1 million a year in capital gains.

Maybe there lies the answer to my question.

Hey Shawn, I talked with Tyler and learned that the property lies on a mobile home park, so I’ll have to reconsider the numbers with the added rental cost of the lot.