It is also why virtually every economist states rent is undesired; economist understand the impacts of rent control.  

If it were my renter I would tell him to go pound sand.

Also, to answer your question, yes I would tell the potential buyer to pound sand and go find some other agent willing to vet them and/or write an offer for free.

The purchase would likely need to be consummated at the higher price in order to establish the "damages" to which you are referring... and then I would refer you back to the other potential issues I raised with respect to a negligence claim.Responding to a demand letter with "go pound sand" is not the same thing as defending a lawsuit.I just don't see any attorney taking this $12K case to trial and that is what you are suggesting as the end game.

@Calvin Graves So I disagree with the concept that the lease covers all bad/undesirable behavior that would cause a "normal" landlord to non-renew.

There are only three reasons a property won't rent quickly:1) There is something undesirable with the property.

It is for the top of a pergola and both beams would be supporting about 200 pounds of rafters and lattice on top.

I go to her apartment, and sure enough, the plaster for the section directly over her bed has come down onto her bed.Now, these apartments had very high ceilings - about 10 feet high.How much you wanna bet, she was pounding on the ceiling with her broom?  

I think the #1 most ridiculous poster is the person living in a desirable, high-appreciation location who has plenty of capital to deploy who asks which crappy undesirable market thousands of miles from where they live is the best place to buy their first investment property.

I typically get rid of undesired tenants by raising their rent above market rent.