Personally I hate the attitude many have of serving eviction paperwork immediately on people or sending threatening documents.

I don't see the need to threaten me with eviction.He is very shady and I planned on him trying to keep my deposit, but this is just ridiculous.Am I legally bound to this 30 day notice if my termination was a result of his untimely and possibly illegal rent increase?

But, if you go in their with some wimpy, insulting offer, then pull some threatening type behavior, it will not likely go easy for you.  

Tenants sometimes threaten to take matters to an attorney and never do.

We had one put in a small blow up & I found out when the bldg inspector jumped all over it threatening compliance fines.

The one thing that popped out at me is : be sure you have rental Property liability insurance - i would not be surprised if these tenants start threatening legal action for injuries caused by an unsafe dwelling. 

At some point the tenant might ask for a rent reduction or even to threaten to take the item they installed if the relationship sours when they move out.

Even some of my residents didn't bother to apply for unemployment until a week ago or didn't bother applying for rent assistance.I have had multiple tenants get very angry/threatening with me because we "weren't being understanding" even though we gave payment plans to everyone that asked.

So now they are threatening to go to court over not wanting g the house because of the tenant!!

Are you prepared to get a letter from your manager that some "***** applicant is threatening bogus litigation" that turns out not to be bogus?