It's another person with their fingers in your investment.  

It's a gambler's mentality, which is always foolish, to think that a tiny investment will make a large profit, especially when there are a whole bunch of fingers in that pie.

I think Brandon's plan of rent deferment via future rent increase is going to be like trying to plug a sinking ship with lots of holes with too few fingers.

I'm hopeful **fingers crossed** that the notice to pay or quit will open up a dialogue with your "quiet" tenant.

Sure, if you don't read the instruction manual, you can lose a finger, but if you use the tool with the proper procedures, you can create excellent results.

Agreed Tim G. neither are being good citizens so its a tough one to point fingers at!

Oh and don't forget the 3-fingered gloves.Serious answer though: the hand tools missing from your list are: cats paw nail pullers (framing nail and finish nail sizes), flat bars (big and small, I like to sharpen mine up), nail set, speed square, pliers, chisels, level, flush cut saw, and wrenches (crescent wrenches/adjustable wrench and socket set). 

I’m crossing my fingers for February.

I won't finger the tenant based on a landlord's guesstimate of what a normal bill is, let alone what her normal bill is, particularly where the landlord is trying to lay off his responsibility for structural maintenance.

I think I can have the repairs completed in the next 4 months, and could list the property for sale after the new year.Or would you get the issues resolved and then cross your fingers that he knocks it off?