As the mutual fund guys like to say, the past is no guarantee of future success but the resilience of this area has been remarkable. 

Do you really believe your remarks are helping me?

As I see it, not only did the landlord present a "chilling effect" to the applicants by remarks he made, but he denied them based on his assumption that one of the parties would not be able to understand and enter into the legal contract necessary for renting the house.It is not necessary to translate the lease/rental agreement into the native language of the person with LEP (limited English proficiency.)

I'd have the agent post your phone number in the private remarks and request either by appointment only (which I hate, limits showings) or at least an hour notice.  

You have the problem of an Oral discussion vs Oral contract vs a written contract.This is a sad case as both of you made mistakes; you orally made a suggestive remark which he took as a promise.IMO, you ought to pay him for his time+effort and refuse the rent change.You better start documenting who said/did what when, make the good will gesture, and try to stay out of Small Claims.

As far as my remarks being sexist?  

And unless your complaint is for something horrendous like yelling at an applicant that you'd never take a ___________ (fill in some derogatory remark about a protected class), they're not going to come down on your head.This is where "knowledge is power" comes in so handy.  

Sue K.I think your response is very unkind to this person.

What I'm referring to is that if you buy a property in all cash with say a 7% Cap Rate that money that money is better invested somewhere else if we're talking return.What makes real estate such a remarkable investment is the leverage that you can use to achieve very good cash on cash returns.

Unkind?