We were pretty bummed, until we found out his last name was Romney.

Then they just work the short con then the long con... and its a target rich environment for those scammers.. they can induce the newer investor who is not familiar with what real rates are or how the lending process REALLY works in our markets...

Perhaps offer them some kind of inducement to play ball.

You can call them and hear the faint inducing estimates so you know what you are up against but if you never had issues before this is probably an oversaturation issue that will go away in time. 

Inducing, or attempting to influence, any employee of the Employer to terminate employment with the Employer or to enter into any employment or other business relationship with any other person (including the Employee), firm or corporation; orviii.

Agree that proving it will probably be more costly and stress inducing than just fixing it and moving on. 

Beyond that, as long as someone will give you a loan against a property, you can do exactly as you said, which makes me ask:Did you drug or induce the original owner into temporary insanity? 

So in case they turn out to be a bum you aren't left paying for their water too!

I am kind of bummed. 

We screen well and don't rent to bums so it hasn't been a problem, and I rarely have more than 2 or 3 communications in an entire year with a tenant on my cell - and most of those are of my initiative, i.e.