I'd go with druid. It gives you a reason for high wisdom and the aspect of merging with animal minds. High Charisma for persuasion and intimidation, probably a background supporting intimidation.
The fact is that she can do super impressive magic, she just usually chooses not to, so you'd definitely want to go with a full caster.
It's certainly a thing for owning apartments in a multi-apartment building. We call it Eigentümerversammlung and I hear they're quite the hassle to deal with, too. Kind of hard to avoid having to have, though