I have the desire to purchase my first property during that transition (we are currently renting and will only have 8ish months left at our current assignment before we will move). 

On the advice of the fireplace guy who did our last cleaning/inspection, we sanded down the brick inside and painted it with the high heat black paint, and it states in the lease that they may use a fireplace-style candelabra if they'd like, but any other use will trigger all the rules in the Fireplace Addendum.   

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: I think that this BP forum takes on that deal-killer function very well......at least it can if/when investors take the time to post their questions and concerns.It should, but because some (not all) investors are fragile about criticism or prefer an echo chamber, it often falls into a back-and-forth where we are trying to help on our own time, and they are rejecting it and calling us naysayers.

It may not be required, but we are generally in a better place to absorb the loss than our tenants.

We are meeting there again this Wednesday.

To protect our rights, we would definitely deliver a formal 5 day notice (Wisconsin Legal Blank), but at the same time indicate that we are looking to collaborate to find a solution.

At our firm (tax advisory) we are offering a service to help clients with this and we expect many tax/cpa/law firms will as well. 

In fact we are working towards a 5 year extension on the existing lease.

In reality this strategy still works, but we are having to leave more of our own money in the deal because prices are high and/or rent won’t justify maxing the cash out refinance because interest rate is high.

We would never want to make a client feel as if we are scripted, heartless or looking out for ways to maximize our fee structure.