So, I asked her, why should I keep a complaining tenant who brought in half of what I could get from a new tenant who would be thrilled to get the apartment as-is?

It's an unwelcome thrill but I've never been bitten/stung, and a couple shots of insecticide on the centipede will take care of them. 

If I had to leave CA, I'd consider TX, but I wouldn't be thrilled. 

I would be thrilled my tenants actually read the document they signed :)want to add that i try to keep my units in top shape...so a cracked window would get repaired/replaced... the spot on the carpet would get noted. 

Turned out there were thrilled to have me and my building as a resource for their students (we were within walking distance of the law school), because they were always short of student housing for law students. 

When I had some Class D rentals I was thrilled if they didn't flush concrete down the toilet and steal the HVAC unit.   

PS> I have a 2014 BMW S1000RR Look it up/ If a tenant ever left any type of motor vehicle I'd be thrilled! 

Had to pay a premium cost for the service, but other than that, no skin off my back and both times the tenants were thrilled that I got it taken care of so quickly on a holiday weekend. 

If they only had a M2M agreement, this won't thrill them, but they should have realized it could go either way - that either of you could end it after just 30 days, with 30 days notice.If they had a year lease, they won't be thrilled either, but they can never then claim that you held them to a year lease, when they were encountering problems, etc.Whenever I invoked the "happy clause," my complainers usually were shocked, but then shut up and quit complaining.  

They did better than our stock investments but we were not thrilled with the returns.