Lastly, (and I'm not defending the PM) but just as a point of reference; It does sound like the PM wasn't doing their job but that being said lets look at the big picture behind your complaint.

I would just straight up ask him to defend his criteria. 12 months- Maybe there were no sales recently?

Therefore, I will not defend it.Passive income is fantastic and there are also many methods to that.  

But I'd make sure I could defend myself in small claims court which may be difficult without a lease unless anything you withheld money for is glaringly obvious.

My lease forbids subletting or substitution and I would vigorously defend it.

This is a great website for landlords. but the main thing is you need to know your business rights and responsibility its complicated but the states have the laws in writing and weather or not you know about it doesn't matter if your called into court to defend your actions. the law is the law and the have penalties for non-compliance.. 

by the way, i'm not trying to defend the contractor because if you asked for plans, he should have given them too you.  

We all know there is no defending Palin's ignorance, so changing the subject is probably the best way to go...

Writing for publication and researching, writing and defending a thesis were good experiences.

LOL, now you're saying you went to the poster's profile before answering the question......Okay, whatever......LOLI'd rather admit I just had a brain phart than digging deeper trying to dig myself out on the outher side, a common thing with some of our members who feel they must defend their expertise..... :))