there are many many many tenant advocacy groups that look for cases like this where they can make splashy headlines and earn a bunch of cash in a settlement. tenant pays nothing up front and atty gets 50% of the settlement. how do i know? 

Once both parties sign, it’s then off to the title/settlement company.

What do you think of this idea: have the PR contact the lender and negotiate a full and final settlement of the loan for $100k.

HiNot sure if this is the right category to post it but I’ll try.A friend of mine is being sued by his tenant because a construction work should be taking place in that complex soon and the tenant claims he wasn’t notified of that prior to signing the lease.He wanted %50 discount for the remaining months of lease (two more) and when my friend offered %15 the tenant refused any sort of settlement including a compensation of $1000 and filed a lawsuit for the amount of $4500.The property is in Colorado, has anyone dealt with this situation before?

To this day I still don't know what happened or why she left so abruptly but all I know is it took my PM a while to find her and get a settlement from her for breaking her lease agreement.

@Robert Kough After thinking about this a little bit and understanding the settlement that you came to with Your renter...

If your not handy and don’t have all the tools, this is not something to attempt unless your adventurous.Also I would try to figure out what’s causing the settlement or bucking to keep it from occurring again.

Instead, both sides agreed to a Settlement.

In your case, if it's a huge mess, you could always keep part of the deposit, but it might be worth it to just give it to him and have it over with - as long as there isn't serious damage.And take a short and sweet written note for him to sign that all matters are settled and it's a receipt of his deposit, which is given to him as a settlement to avoid eviction.You don't have to justify your needs vs this tenant's needs.  

I hope you do sue your landlord and get a $10,000 settlement so you can get that double wide that you have been admiring.