I currently live in Georgia now and have fulfilled my renewal requirements for my broker license in Georgia.

You can always try to increase the rent back to normal at renewal time.

Then you can choose whether to have them sign a renewal for an entire year, or whether to have them sign and agreement saying it converts to month to month.

We asked what the rule is on terminating early if we renew again...but we move part way through.

I was finally able to get them out as they either couldn't make the payments or I chose not renew the lease because of the headache.New renters in those houses are much better (my screening process has become a lot more) and now I'm getting bored again because it doesn't feel like I'm even in real estate.

In the lease, what is the norm for the renewal notice period?

On the RE agent side, the agreement says if he renew a lease next year, I will owe again 1 month rent.

The fact your tenant is jerk is not considered a "just cause" to choose not to renew the lease.

I know in one of our contracts with them, the contract automatically renews for 5 years unless you cancel it a year in advance of the rollover.

I have one flip under my belt, two rentals that are doing OK, one tenant just renewed for another year, and I was set to close on a new property *tomorrow*.