Turned out she really wanted to stay and when confronted with the increase she disclosed that she had plenty of money and it was a non issue.

It today's world you need to be careful confronting everyone and worry more about rage.

You approached the matter like a good pharmacist which is why I did my best to keep the tone non confrontational.

While the price of a property usually weeds out many investors in this respect, as Mike pointed out, maybe some of us just don't want confrontations and others are hungry enough and bold enough to take on anyone if there is a dollar to be made honestly.

Tenants say a bunch of things and follow through on a few.I would congratulate and send a restaurant gift card of say 25 or 50 bucks when they close on their house.Just because you are family DOES NOT mean you can enter someone's private residence without their consent.I can see where they were upset and it's an invasion of privacy and a safety and security issue.I would take the high road and put emotion out of it.Good karma sometimes gets good karma back but bad karma will most certainly give you a confrontation and a bad outcome most of the time.

But there have been instances where a homeowner with a handgun confronted a burglar in his home, a scuffle ensued, and the burglar ended up with the gun and shot and killed the homeowner.

IE being a lender and my clients could not refi me out.. led to a lot of ugly confrontations  

There are soooooo many BP members that have noticed your inflated rated system, but are way too scared for some reason to confront you james@James Wise.  

When I confronted the tenant, their response was "It's just a small bird, not a cat or a dog".

Make it in their interest, using incentives.....Anything to get them moved and avoid the possible physical confrontation.