I just said "you've blindsided me and I need to come up with a plan and I'll give you a call tomorrow.

They probably felt blindsided, even though they shouldn't have.

When tenants move-in we give them a list of customary charges for common damages, so they won't be blindsided.

Blindsided sellers had no reason to be sneaky, they no longer need the house but do need cash from it's sale ASAP.)Thanks in advance for info on fastest closing possible!

Don't get blindsided just to get a property under contract if it is not worth it.

In fact, Matt Bowles with Maverick has been in constant communication with me throughout this ordeal and I think they were blindsided along with the investors. 

At this point it is too late and the out of state investor ends up losing money to just dump the properties at pennies on the dollar in extreme cases just to stop the bleeding.I think you are on the right track if after your analysis you feel it is worth it to hold them long term but if you change your mind, you won't be blindsided and become an unfortunate seller.

You don't want to blind side them halfway through and back them in a corner 

I thought that issue was settled until earlier this month the tenant blindsided me that they wanted to move and they had already found possible new tenants.

Some may be able to walk an easy path with tenants for a long time and eventually get blindsided by someone like this.