I saw a collections guy give a presentation once and he just looked at the audience and said the best guide to future behavior is past behavior.

The internet will do you a disservice because you'll get advice from people who may not know any more than you.The perception of an impending recession will change peoples behavior in the same way perceived real estate mania over the last year or so has changed peoples behavior: it makes everyone insane. 

The good thing about tenants, is that they change more often than owners.The fact is that most tenant behaviors can't be controlled by the landlord. 

And quite frankly as someone with children and hopefully grand children and causes I want to support with a legacy after I'm gone -  these are strategies I encourage in my own behavior and other as opposed to a philosophy of "who dies with the most toys wins". 

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We are very careful to prohibit behaviors not people.We can prohibit the act of smoking on the property, or at least inside.We don't prohibit people who identify as smokers from renting with us - we just tell them they can't smoke on the premises (however we define that) and then outline what the consequences of violating that policy will be. 

I would think over the longer-term things will return back to normal, as I don't see this changing the behaviors of vacationers in the long-term.  

You guys come up with all sorts of justification for skanky behavior. 

Is it unethical for a buyer to do something that might encourage the sellers agent to break the rules, i.e. was my friend complicit in the bad behavior of that sellers agent who threw away the other offers?

That said only offering list price seems extreme.It's hard to completely condemn the Realtors behavior without a little bit more info on the market, list price etc.on the surface though Realtor doesn't seem like they are doing well by their client.