The only times that I've allowed this was a situation where there was a cleaning or a maintenance issue, which ultimately falls on me.  

I should have asked what didn't go according to plan and how they handled it, and what the ultimate outcome was since the brief summary of that deal just says they sold at a profit.4.

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Then your choices sound more foolish than unfair.

Our ultimate end goal is to create passive income for retirement within 10 years.

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(I believe she ultimately pursued the ppo). 

But he does not have a choice to stay and not renew (as long as you enforce that).  

My ultimate goal is to NOT be personally liable if someone is injured on the rental property. 

Or NV is a good choice low prop tax's and no income tax..also personally I have been looking for a summer cabin in the Sierra valley.. this is north west of Reno and one of the best kept secrets in CA.