What's interesting is that the buyer had already told us she decided to increase her down payment before the appraisal came back citing "the final loan application was for a lower loan amount than the P&S loan value." 

No real applicants, the only ones I got were marginally literate people who worked in restaurants looking for new work and that would have to be watched and trained move by move.

They also charge $50 per application, which is fine.I really don't want to have tenants fill out paper applications and then scan/email or fax it to me.

Network with friends, family, and colleagues and offer incentives like reduced rent or utilities to attract more applicants.

I always do the same work with each application and use facebook etc etc to review a prospective tenant.

I had a tenant application from somebody with low 5xx credit, whom I declined.

"Patent Pending" simply means the patent office has accepted your patent application.

For doing a large amount of sheetrock (Over, say, 50 boards), I'd expect to pay $13/board hung and finished... plus the cost of the board and mud and tape, so about $20/board by the time all is said and done.For a job the size you're talking, you need to find a crew that has the tools to do it right... by that I mean a bazooka, drum sanders, stilts, etc.

If this is the medium (which it appears to be) then you will have a large pool of applicants.

Are the tenants that are there criminals that scare away any new applicants?