If she complies, you will walk through to ensure nothing was deliberately destroyed or stolen and then you'll hand her a full refund of the deposit and drop any other charges.

After much deliberation I think this will be the best option for myself and my family.

In other cases, they deliberately hide issues, especially if FSBO, to push the sell through.

It may cause problems because you'd deliberately be losing money and could run into problems with the tax man.

We're also looking at rehabbing what's already there more than we ever have and the results have been well-received.My recommendation would be to keep doing what you're doing but do it more thoughtfully, deliberately, and planned. 

Deliberately have a few challenges in your screening process - it will weed out "entitlement mentality" problems4) Allow payment plans, but create system to track when payments due, so they don't keep falling further behind You will need to call them on due dates or they will fall further behind Be prepared to give a strong NO when asked if you will change rent due dates to "make it easier" for tenants to pay rent based upon their SSI or paycheck dates.

"This is not who we are," a parent of a horrible child said to me recently after their kid deliberately smashed my child's robot toy and got caught out running up to a disabled child and making fun of him repeatedly. 

What you are planning to do is really sound and a great retirement move, if you do it deliberately; if you allow circumstances to take control you could wind up badly hosed.

Deliberately put time aside.

Furthermore, they will not take down deliberately malicious reviews.