By the way, if you break your own window to get access to your property, it may be easier than breaking down the door.Its time landlords stopped pretending they gave up their rights just because government decided not to enforce the legal contracts!

Pretend you thought the boxes belonged to one of the trades people working on the house.Even if he does try to sue, the name on the lease is NOT his.

As for figuring out the rental rate in your area..... there are "services" like rentometer etc...... but I fond the best way is to just pretend to be a tenant looking in that area.....go to all the websites that a renter would look....

Pretend you're looking for a place to rent. 

Lets pretend for a minute that you're me.

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 ?”

I know I have more legal leeway due to owner-occupy "choose your neighbor" law, but let's pretend this is strictly a rental.

Call a couple of management companies in your area and pretend you're looking for something similar.

Anyway, I think you should just pretend you didn't see what she was washing.