Many times these are maintenance issues that possible should be completed with out the threat of lead paint. 

That said, I don't see a "national rent control" as being a threat to residential real estate as a sector.

These are all threats made by the owner to let the renter know this is possible if damages are caused, so not flat rate fees, but implied.

I chose him specifically because he was good at those things.On a side note, I've had more physical/lawsuit threats from marketing to buy houses (5 at least) than I've had from tenants (1, see above).Bill Gulley We need to invent a Sarcasm Font.

They won't respond to you because they don't respect you or they believe you don't know enough to be a threat, so an attorney is the best option.

You can make all the "threats" about changing locks, or maintenance guys that you feel you want to make.

Bad tenants are broken into two groups those prepared to carry through on their threats and those that are not.

Maybe the threat of having to pay 3x's the deposit will be more convincing. 

I know it will make tthem mad and would bombard me with callings and might take me to court as they threat.

Around here with our tenant sided laws and contingency fee lawyers the threat of a lawsuit from a tenant can be a real threat for that reason, but I don't know if that's the case in Florida.