As far as america is concerned until you are 18 you get to eat, breathe, and go to school but not much more.

There should be no reason you wait with bated breath hoping someone doesn't pay so you can kick them out - you should already have the mechanisms in place to do it for the reasons you really care about if you need to.

It might cost me a half a point or so, but gives more breathing room.

But deep breaths and I'm going to do better next time.

Thought the "specialists" would have hazmat suits, breathing apparatus, etc.

All represented parties at the table (negotiations) must reach an agreement, and as you can imagine, one persons idea of "fair compensation/settlement" is not going to be what the paying side will likely agree with initially, so that creates a lot of back and forth in negotiations.Take a deep breath and good luck.

By 2004 when housing was being offered to anyone who could breathe, we found ourselves with 6 vacancies at a time, but we still were okay, we just had to work harder to keep them filled.  

I gave her the drink I made, sent her outside to breathe and think about what I said and eventually she came back inside.  

And for every good leasing agent there's 10 that are clueless (because they will literally give the job to anyone breathing with a license). 

Though it can be a little scary, I hope you get both deals :)  My thoughts: go fast for a bit, take a breath for a second, then do it all over.