My thinking, the tree is on your site, he can't compel you to tear it down, and sounds like SEA is hard to get tree demolition permits anyways (maybe you say "yes" to developer, city says "no").Also, make sure if you do agree to it being taken down, and he pays you for it (he absolutely should pay, more than the 2k mentioned above), that there is a written agreement, that he takes the stump out, or at least grinds it down, backfills and compacts correctly the stump hole, cleans up the area real nice, and re-landscapes that area plus more on your property. 

The great thing about real estate is your risk is proportional to your knowledge.

You just buy more expensive homes (or proportionally more of them), EVERY month? 

Check this out...Earl Nightingale teaches that Our rewards in life are in direct proportion to our contribution our service, broken down for a man or women who works an everyday J.O.B?

The prices in LA and a few CA cities is significantly higher than national average but it median revenue is not proportionally and significantly higher than the national average.

Labor is basically double because it’s so compact & $60 for replacement spark plug wires that crumble in your hands.

But it is a very small geographical location, compacted into a few square miles compared to LA County hundreds of squared miles.

@Craig DieterichTaxes increase proportionally with income made, There isn't a dollar you pay in taxes that didn't land more money in your wallet.

most places are closed, and the few that are open you can't enter without a maskI just look at the numbers, and that keeps me level headed about everythingMedia is blowing this way out of proportion in my opinion, and people just believe whatever they see

I really don't want a sedan, but I'm torn because sedans are cheaper than compact SUVs.