My guess is that it could get ugly (and expensive) for Serge if he chooses to "dig in" and fight them on it.While many may argue on the way that it SHOULD be, the fact is, there is a written contract that has been breached.  

For example realtor 1 from abc brokerage needs you to sign dual agency if realtor 2 is also from abc brokerage even though realtor 1 has your best interest it is still considered dual agency. 

You can file yourself and do it for $200 or less.Here the truth: if a Tenant is obviously guilty, they won't waste their time going to court to argue with the judge.

I think that ever since the COVID events, and the mass dilution of the money supply and overspending by the government, it would be hard to argue that the US dollar is not devaluing.

The issue here is simply this.You need to attract the right audience for your business.If Nike is trying to push out their latest running shoe design, but their ads only show up infront of people that are paralyzed from the waist down, you can argue and bicker all you want to try to convince them that this shoe has the latest in running technology.

I'd argue that they have a highly manipulated rental market and "free market" arguments are null and void.  

I then go back to the seller, get it under contract for less than you said, now assign and done.Too many people argue over things they don't know on this thread.

Argues the amount of bags it takes.

I think some would argue against side hustling as an agent or some other service industry.

People will argue otherwise, but this will greatly simplify your life.