And it occurred to me to ask you to pretend someone came to you with this story, and what your advice would be:I have an applicant with an eviction on his record. 

I'm saying you should know how much a buyer you personally know is willing to pay, before you tell anyone you have a buyer who can pay any amount of money.Basically, I'm saying that you should pretend you are someone you are planning on approaching. 

Honestly, right now, I'd pretend I never heard a thing. 

This is a great site but let's top pretending we're encouraging rationale behavior.

So, let's pretend that you couldn't afford to buy in San Jose, but you could afford to buy in Fresno. 

Pretend you own the unit upstairs. 

If you leave it alone, they probably won't ask for a rent break.What I did was pretend I was one of my tenants and looked to see what they would see if they went shopping for a new apartment. 

They're also afraid the landlord will make them get rid of their cats, so you'll have to decide if you want to pretend you never saw the cats. 

If they ask about pit bulls just pretend your Bill Clinton .. “ what is a pit bull ?”

Take a breath and pretend you are one of these tenants and what would be reasonable and fair to you.