Hi Victor, I didn't realize there were so many penalties.

Hi Joseph.I was upset that I would have to pay the tenant placement fee again since there was a break in the lease.

You give a little, they feel they have 'won' their minor victory and that is all they need -- they feel they have gotten some power back, their sense of pride is restored and all is fine.

I planned on hanging up bandit signs in the wee hours of the morning... well my alarm clock went off and I hit snooze and it never rang again and once i Finally did wake up I was upset at myself.

Have an upset tenant.2) Yes and ask for a pet deposit.

The downside is that it upsets the status quo and exposing you to more tenant manipulation (I have personally survived a public smear campaign - it nearly consumed me).If you chose to carry the flag, and I hope you will, I believe it be one additional thing that helps you learn, grow and sleep even better at night.

@Victor BarbozaHi Victor, I am just curious and my county assessors website is probably a lot differrent than yours.. but when you searched the address on the assessors site, what exactly did you do to find the owner?? 

Unfortunately I am not working with a zoning attorney but I am working with an architect who has sort of taken on this role informally and also a slight mentor through the entire process.Unfortunately it is a lower income neighborhood which I didn't realize before that the gentrification is starting to displace people and it's obvious that the current residents are extremely upset about this.

I don't want to put myself in a situation where I ask to increase her rent, she gets angry/upset, and decides she wants to move out and doesn't pay the next few months of rent.Also, utility bills (water, sewage, gas which will be paid wholly by me), are these all automatically transferred to my name or is there a process I have to go through for that?

I realize you have a reason to be upset with the city and a few of its residents, but please do not put that on other people.