Always remind yourself, it's not your house!

If you do have loser pays, I would kindly remind the contractor of this in a demand letter, with the demand being to either execute their contractual obligations or to refund x dollars for incomplete work.

Remind her of this when you send  your notice to vacate and hopefully she does the right thing but if not eviction may be on the table.  

It reminds me a whole lot of the tech stock bubble in the late 1990s. 

So I like to stay in a good area as well however I keep reminding myself that I am not going to live there and so long that numbers are decent (6-7% return after tax re-evaluation and before debt service) I am okay with it.

I have not left any notes or reminders about what gets flushed and what doesn’t like you’d see in restaurants. 

I'd send them a 60-day notice that reminds them their lease is expiring and asks if they're happy with their unit and want to stay.

Thank you Andrew for the well wishes and for reminding me to capture this moment so that I can remember it all - before deals become second nature.  

Carlos just as a reminder August 24th is the first day back to school and it usually tends to be a little hectic that week.  

Then let them pick and let me know.When they take the default, I expect that they will be moving ...With your situation, remember that you are raising rent to cover two years worth of increased expenses; you have to remind them of that to explain a big increase such as you mentioned.