A lot of times, they feel like they're going to have to leave, or you're going to drastically raise the rent, but this is not usually the case, especially if they have a long term lease.I would try and get on the phone with the tenant and explain to them what you're trying to do and they have no reason to worry about anything and you have good intentions and you can gauge how they react.  

And recently seen backyard furniture damaged/destroyed.My tenant's lease is up this August which is coming up soon and I'd like to send her notification that her lease will not be renewed but before I do that I want to make sure that I can do it myself or if I should just hire a lawyer to help me with this because I don't want this to get ugly and end up in court since I'm not sure how she will react.

Just making a public pledge to post, comment, respond, or react to atleast one post everyday on bigger pockets until further notice.

As a Florida native, it is one of my goals to own real estate there.

It will interesting to see how the podcast reacts to a down real estate market. 

I am a Phoenix area native, investor and realtor myself.

I would accept the May rent, tell them you want them out by 11:59PM on May 31st, and see how they react.

To be little more specific I work with a Native American tribe and am also a tribal member.

I'm a loan officer native to the Cleveland area.

Obviously he over reacted, but maybe he's under a lot of stress.