If is for this reason we typically rent month-to-month to our foreign students {it is also typically their preference}.With our Chinese students in particular, we have found that meeting their obligations (i.e. paying their rent on time) has a large honour factor behind it and many would go without 3-meals/day before they would fail to pay rent.To put it in context, if our Canadian students - or our native born rental population in general - were as dependable as our foreign students, we would almost never have an eviction.

And regarding renting to people in the middle of a divorce, think about how you'd react if two roommates wanted to rent your place, and told you that they didn't get along and one of them was planning on moving out.  

Sorry for your loss but also congrats on not only what you've gained but how you are handling it, reacting and learning.

The Bishop estate owns the Hawaiian royal families properties include two shopping centers on Oahu and out of the $180 million that they cash flow every year half of the profits fund the Kamehameha School for native Hawaiians.

If they are savvy to the situation they probably know an increase is coming, but I wouldn't bet that they have put the pieces together and they probably won't react very well to the news. 

I had one tenant who reacted badly to the concrete sealer used on pet urine.Putting the choice on the tenant so they can take sensitivities into account is far better, IMO.

I'm not going to over react; I'm going to handle as my Lawyer instructs.  

For some reason I just keep telling myself I'm over reacting and I should just trust my realtor as he is an old pal...I will contact my agent first thing tomorrow and tell him there is no way I'm closing on Friday if I don't have lease agreements in my hand.

Account Closed I also was wondering how long you have been in GA and if you might want to wait to be sure you want to stay.I moved to TN for 5 years, and am a native Californian.  

They view the world differently and react differently to things they perceive as transgressions in their space.