They are threatening me with going to collections and I don't want that hit on my credit as I'm trying to get into real estate investing once I save enough for a down payment.

. - If they refuse to offer any compensation, or threaten to move, you may need to start a small claims case against them ASAP.

I've been saying it at our meetings for months, I am not threatened by rent control at all. 

I advertised this auction. and even though I owned all the houses.. in MS you MUST be a broker to legally run an auction.. and I had no less than three auctioneers call me on it and threaten to turn me in if I did not use them. 

But it might be easier as a woman, because it's less threatening to find a female stranger at your door. 

I've been threatening to sell and 1031 Exchange my Los Angeles apartment building for several years now. 

I would think instead of threatening you with a lawsuit, they would want to get to the bottom of someone using their name.

They are threatening to take us to small claims court, because they are stating we violated the agreement.

She said the other person was threatening to hurt her.I have since interviewed the other three tenants and they have given me a different story saying it was a verbal disagreement and no physical violence of any sort, and they don't want to live with a stranger.Now the tenant who wants to leave hires an attorney and is requesting me to release her by allowing a sublease, claiming I should do it to avoid potential physical harm to her client.Am I obligated toaccommodate the request?

You could say something like "I know that I can't raise the utility rates under the existing lease, but if you continue to run the AC irresponsibly, then I will have to raise the rent quite a bit at renewal time, your choice" ......Don't say it in a threatening way, just more like a friendly reminder....