Ouch! Another good reason to use a competent servicer when dealing with distressed debt. One of the first things on our servicer's (FCI) list is checking for military duty status. https://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/...

“The failure of a landlord to provide such conditions can lead to violation of the law and impose civil and, at times, even criminal liability upon the landlord”.Please read up on your local laws as relates to landlord obligations for habitable premises.This to me is a no brainer and am sorry am not trying to be mean to you.You inform tenant of your duty which his really to their advantage and then you go in and address.If tenants want to prevent you from treating, then suggest that they provide you with suggestions for pet friendly/kid friendly pest control to use and suggest that you will attempt that for a short period of time to see if it works but in the end, if it does not you will need to come in with a different approach, different product to address the situation.If said tenant continues to fight you on the issue, I suggest moving to contacting an attorney about providing a notice to comply or quit possession.You are running a business here.The unaddressed rodent activity is only going to get worse because you have a tenant that is difficult.Document your approach to resolve and try to have them chime in with their own suggestions on the agreement that if it does not work you will have no choice but to use an alternative.I would then start working on rethinking that lease term as that there sounds like a tenant that will bring you trouble.You have a legal duty and if a tenant is keeping you from completing it, that there is a problem as the same tenant will turn around and make false allegations and/or accuse you of not addressing the issue when all along you have been trying to do just that.Be the boss here, it is your property.This is like a grown kid that wants to test your limits, I suggest you put an end to that nonsense as life is too short and you have too much else to do than allow your time to be wasted by stubborn tenants.Side note:Glue traps – so cruel and gross.Peppermint has worked well for me too as @Marci Stein suggests. 

Everyone will assume their house is nicer than it is and bump themselves up tiers only to get "hurt" and accuse you of low balling when you explain the actual condition. 

This way I have absolutely NO money to deposit, nobody accuses me of stealing their money and I leave the whole process up to the applicant. 

The last answer I got was " Because my landlord is accusing me of dealing drugs and letting my dog pee all over the carpet. "........That's pretty much all I needed to know haha.Good luck!

He got sued and one of the accusations against him was brokering without a license.

Thomas S, no one will ever accuse you of tip toeing through the tulips!

But I've not read about them elsewhere too much so that may mean something.As far as the rest, I know you're not accusing me of being up to no good but somehow you're wording and reuse of my wording appears that you want to draw such a picture.

., yeah, please know my comments were not intended as personal accusations to anyone.

Account ClosedFirst off...an agent can never be accused of practicing law if they are instructed to include verbiage by their client You brought up intermediary.