She was quite upset and started making threats that legally we needed to give her 60 days notice and that she was going to talk to her lawyer.

I hope to get this done and will come back and ring the victory bell when the submetering is LIVE!

Took a little while, however I came out victorious.

So having regular inside inspections is to prevent/catch that 1% - in my opinion, it's not worth the hassle and upsetting good tenants to prevent that 1%.  

Thank you Jeff and Victor. I

Welcome Chad Overly My day-to-day is in IT and wouldn't be upset if I could retire tomorrow ;).

Someone could get upset about it, maybe call your real estate broker, if you are using one, and complain about the lack of perceived ethics or courtesy, but they really can't do much about it.I lost a deal similar to this.

In some states, there are redemption or upset periods after the auction where another lienholder or the previous owner can redeem the property and get it back, or a new bidder can upset the winning bid with a new, higher bid.

A wise man once said "Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory."

If somebody is upset over that small increase it is unlikely they have 2500-3000 it takes to move (deposit, first month + moving costs).