Praise the Lord!

I would praise the work that was done, let them know how much you appreciate them taking such good care of the property and even send them a gift as a thank you either soon after completion or upon renewal of their lease.

Praise the heavens and get another tenant.

Remember after your discussion tonight she is not going to "fall to her knees in praise".

Somebody that bought 7 years ago would have bought right before the crash so I don't think you will have a whole lot of people singing praises about the equity they lost.  

Besides, if a contractor is really that good then I will be able to google their name and find other reviews praising their work.

@Jim Piper, I never questioned you being more experienced than me (which is practically the definition of damning with faint praise, btw :) ) -- only saying that more than one lender (both of whom I'm dealt with before and found to be intelligent and competent) flatly contradicted what you said here.

Praise in public, care-front them In private. 

The kitchen cabinets are nothing to praise about. 

``````````````````````````"One of the most neglected virtues of our daily existence isappreciation, Somehow, we neglect to praise our son or daughterwhen he or she brings home a good report card, and we fail toencourage our children when they first succeed in baking a cake orbuilding a birdhouse.Nothing pleases children more than this kind of parental interest andapproval.