@Zachary Sneed - Submission of multiple mortgage applications at the time of each purchase should not be an issue for your credit score, as long as you do them all within a short period of time (such as within 30 days). 

Don't look now..but mortgage rates are down by a considerable margin compared to this time last year. 

Quote from @Levonte Wilson: What types of financing work best for small multifamily properties for first-time investors? 

If you’re stepping into your first rental portfolio, DSCR loans can help by leveraging rent, not your job.
But they come with underwriting quirks.
What has your experience been — pro or con — using DSCR loans at the...

I wanted to post a screenshot of the real estate time log we have made available for clients.

And I had a hard time getting a straight answer as to what was going on, I think because I only had 1 property in their system and did not know or have direct contact information for the right people at the agency.

Handling this in a neighborly fashion before the tree destroys your rental (or worse, injures or kills your tenant), is cleary the better option here.

Consult an attorney if necessary.After the initial notice, EACH time there is an additional incident of smoking, send another violation.  

Is it fear of rates, not having enough down payment, or just uncertainty about qualifying for financing?

We give them as much time as they want but we follow up with them daily unless they state otherwise.