She has called the housing authority but they will not take action.  

She needs to recognize that you are willing to change to help make her happy and she should too if the relationship is going to work.

You call and then they give you a service number and then you call the contractor for an appt2) There seems to be a lot of churn on contractors, so you may not get the same one twice.3) For repairs, they're OK, but will only authorize contractor-grade (ie cheap) parts4) For replacement, usually they tell the contractor unless its a life-safety issue, keep on repairing it.

Does anyone know if the security deposit is usually paid by the tenant (or the housing authority) and can the deposit be for the full amount of rent, or just the tenant's portion?

Hi @Bryce Kennebeck, I am not the authority, and you have been give good advice here.One suggestion though, follow the market.

I'm doing a friend of a friend a favor by talking to this agent again, I was hoping someone may recognize her.

Maybe have a trusted partner in the US that you can authorize to make those big, time-critical decision if you can't be reached.

There are parts in the contract where it asks for Landlords or Authorized Management and I put my future LLC name but my legal name as person who can act on behalf of owner...

Most of the time you'll have to encase the full perimeter of the home in a code-compliant block foundation to have the lender recognize it as "attached."

I recognize it works for some who want to put in the extra work, allowing them to break even on paper.My question is directed toward the RUBS proponents who are having trouble collecting rent...