Eviction plan is the pound of cure, not the ounce of prevention.

Regarding the professional painters I would tell her to go pound salt.

I would find the most straightforward solution, offer it up to him, keep pounding him for 30-60 days until he tells you to buzz off or he breaks down and takes a hard look at it.

Tell the contractor to pound salt .

I guess I can check on turbo taxI think this is another example of you being "penny wise and pound foolish. " A competent CPA can probably save you money over what turbo tax does and can certainly do a better job of keeping you out of trouble.

I live in chicken processing country. 9 billion pounds of chicken come from America.

given the vast majority of tenants would tell you to go pound sand I think, even if legal, might be shooting yourself in the foot. 

My 2,200 pound bull had gotten his head stuck in  a car tire. 

Adjust as needed how full you initially fill, so you don't get a huge ice cream cone effect.Its a lot of work holding a 60 pound bag of concrete mix and pouring into water in the tube, while the concrete dust in flying in your face.

I don't allow dogs and will evict any tenant the first time they jump in my 92 pound wife's face like they want to get physical.