If you were in their shoes renting the property, would you want a discount for all your troubles? 

Here is a reply I wrote to another young person in your shoes.

or "If you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

It probably got dirty from them wearing shoes in the house  anyways.

@Dodie EgolfI am sitting here wishing I was in your shoes. 

Hi Michael,I think there are actually a lot of people in your shoes in the bigger markets like NY and LA.  

If it were me in your shoes, I would:I would stay active here on BP, go to some local meetups and watch who is doing deals, listen, and ask questions.After you have found a few folks that you think you would be comfortable working with, see if they would be interested in a JV. 

If I were in your shoes I'd be looking at 3 or 4 unit buildings.

With that being said, if I were in your shoes I would try to be understanding and work it out with them since they were nice enough to waive the required 30-day notice. 

Does anyone agree with experts are saying that the commercial real market is the next shoe to drop in the economy?