Do not try to "win" this negotiation as bitterness up front will spell a big problem down the road. 

'preciate ya.Now you may be shocked to hear this, but I'm a little bitter about the experience.

Renters should have some way to protect themselves against being harassed by fat bitter old women who have nothing better to do than harass people.

Sometimes there are older people who get jealous of you because you are making real progress and they think it somehow puts them in a bad light or they are undisclosed competitors and are playing ageism or they are simply bitter.

I have been around for many recessions and different financial crisis, I haven’t seen anything to rival this.I have always had faith in the resilience of the US economy, and still do.

Mike you have what is known as a " Partial Stoppage"In simple language its a "real Stoppage" getting ready to happen.I strongly suggest you get the person responsible for the maintenance of the building to get a video pipe camera inspection of the main sewer line.These symptoms tell me there could be a really big problem down the road if not remedied quickly .Better take the bitter medicine now and fix things than suffer the consiquiences of a major raw sewage backup incident laterDave Doyle.PS Once you sewer line issue is resolved I would reccomend either a Kohler Wellworth or Gerber Avalance Tank Toilet.Very reliable ,,,,,hope this helps,,,DDLos Angeles

@Jeb Brilliant  ah I remember you were going to or did buy the 22k rental in Indy.. did you pull the trigger on it.and there is no questions that the war zones of CA rival anything in the mid west. 

From purchase date (end of Feb 2015) to now, I have enough funny, odd, embarrassing stories to rights a book trilogy to rival Twilight.

Over the course of 30 minutes of driving, he watched me buy a home over the phone, and then sell it over the phone immediately to someone else for a profit that rivaled many middle class wages back in the early 90's.

Their numbers rival the baby boomers.