A pattern I have been noticing for quite sometime now my older tenant generally tends to get overly sweet with my new tenants I get and sort of wins their ‘allegiance’ to the extent it starts feeling like the older tenant is the landlord and they are in total control.

A few questions about this: does the tenant have a pattern with their payments?

Rightly or wrongly, I fell in this pattern of not insisting on charging late penalty due to COVID and that I am an out of state landlord. 

We have seen a history of bubbles in Big Bear the homes don’t appreciate like the do in LA because of the rental market - at least we have seen a pattern of highs and lows about every 5 years and we are at a high right now.

According to University of California Davis’ “Road Ecology Center,” Los Angeles traffic patterns changed dramatically during the pandemic.

I'm seeing this pattern of her being charming when she wants something, a (Beep) when she doesn't like something, and she's kept her head down for 5 years and has only had 2 small rent increases and has a deal. 

Kind of in a holding pattern for a bit while I get my first one going, then plan on getting another one when the timing is right. 

Curtains are more taste specific and your tenant might not like the color/pattern/design of the ones you pick out.

If they do withhold and remit tax, and it appears like they shouldn't based on a bird's eye view of your fact pattern, you would file a GA income tax return, claim the withholding, and request a refund if you indeed qualify for exclusion.Show the closing agent the law. 

Even if there is bankruptcy in their past, they tend to show pattern of responsible behavior.