If their answers meet our rental criteria, then I will tell them about who we are and tell them our mission statement.

So, their mission was to then get rid of all of the desperate funky tenants with dogs, etc., and to then upgrade to better tenants without pets.  

It would be great if your witness could also video record it all.Your mission:  Ignore her completely, as you walk though and write everything down that relates to the walk through, and say it out loud for the camera.  

No, they weren't very open about the eviction and yes they did try to hide it.Their mission was to shmooze you in person, which they successfully did, or you wouldn't be here asking if you should rent to people with an eviction.This is exactly the scenario I was talking about on another thread about why meeting tenants in person is not always better than renting to out-of-state applicants without meeting them first.Con artists want to meet you in person and gain your "con"fidence.  

src=/hudprogra...http://cotsonline.org/our-mission/cots-housing/http://www.vhcb.org/SharedHousingArticle.htmlSLEs (sober living environments).  

What about any examples of kindly, gently defending against "landlord mission creep?"

Their mission is obvious - it's to protect tenants from landlords who no longer have their security deposit money.  

And if her mission is to get out of her lease (which often starts with complaints about habitability issues), you'll have removed the problem and will have documentation, if she ever tries to sue you over it.For what it's worth, that's my opinion :-)

We also print our mission statement in our ad as well: "We strive to provide safe, clean, affordable, comfortable and quiet housing for responsible renters in the neighborhoods of west Vancouver."

How many miles to downtown and Mission Beach?