You guys gave me some good things to think about.As far as the city is concerned, I talked to the landlord-tenant coordinator, the Tacoma Housing Authority, and the Business licensing office.

if you are in WA the first thing to do is research if you have any programs via your housing authority that will pay you for this rent.   

The downtown authority is a small club and not easy to get into.Since at the moment I don't realy care about REI at the moment. 

Have some interesting partnerships in the works that I think are really going to take our business to the next level.In terms of planning and process, we took a note from Dan Sullivan the author of "Who Not How" and "the Gap and the Gain", utilizing his idea of the impact filter - which is really a tool to help organize and rank your goals and projects based on their desired outcomes.This has improved our decision making so much already and I'm excited to see the results of the process down the road.

One word of caution, though: if you're going to be shopping around for a lender be very clear with them that you will NOT authorize a hard credit pull so they can see your credit score and debt-to-income.

In the book, the author states: "The seller's asking price is irrelevant."

I believe that he tried to scam this new buyer because the property couldn't be sold until I gave authorization.  

it sounds weird that he mentioned to you completed and filed at the same time.Normally they get completed and you have an opportunity to review the return before it gets filed.My office normally gives clients the option to have the funds electronically debited with my software or I give clients a link to the IRS / state website to make the payment themselves.I also provide vouchers just incase they choose to pay it themselves but not online.One reason, CPA's may not prefer not to offer it through the website is that there can be errors.For example, if you provide banking information but the CPA enters the banking information incorrectly.Or they can forget the box authorizing the funds to be debiting resulting in no payments being taken out.Now, the CPA may be liable to you for this error.Best of luck!

To give you an idea of long-term performance, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) offers an online fund analyzer tool that allows you to select and compare different mutual funds over a holding period of 10 years.All the best!

You were only with them for two weeks, they haven't rented it yet, and you claim they weren't authorized to do any work on the property.