Could cause tension if tenants have different climate needs.

To ease tensions, I am in a very grateful situation to where I have no debt (besides my current residence and rental) and bring in 10k of free cash flow a month, so defaulting on a HELOC pull of 27k is unlikely.

Meeting in person and talking things through was definitely the right thing to ease the tension that was building between us and these otherwise perfect tenants - house is immaculate, rent is always on time, they don't cause trouble for neighbors and report issues timely.They agreed that nothing will be replaced on demand.

Anyways I got on the roller, as told and I revved up and proceeded to put tension on the strap.

This is a thoughtful thread, and I appreciate everyone's input.The existence of tension hear proves the delicacy of the issue.

The other issue was guests would park in the driveway overnight and block a tenant in when they needed to get to work - - creating more tension.  

You can show timelines from start to finish, profit margins, etc. this should help prove competence and relax tensions (also wallets!)

Coming in and raising rent (unless you'd be losing money by not raising) will throw a red flag up and cause tension right away.2.) new lease terms? 

Getting information here is only going to end up creating preconceived notions that may be in conflict with what he may want and will cause tension from the get go. 

When I work with landlords around here I often run into tension when I tell people the owners "are not participating in the section 8 program at this time" and then I have people trying to tell me that the owners HAVE TO accept section 8.