(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:(1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety;(2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;(3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition;(4) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning fixtures and appliances, and elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;(5) When the landlord is a party to any rental agreements that cover four or more dwelling units in the same structure, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, and arrange for their removal;(6) Supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection;(7) Not abuse the right of access conferred by division (B) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code;(8) Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, give the tenant reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.

Again, be sure to provide ample notice of your intent to terminate so they have time to find other accommodations.

If my intent is to keep the property for our portfolio or sell it to another investor then I also have to ensure there's enough meat on the bone for that investor to profit.   

If I thought they were intentionally misleading me, I would respond with another rent increase notice, hand delivered and increase the rent raise to compensate me for the lost rent and trouble.There is an old axiom: "You haven't communicated effectively, until you know your communication has been received."

To be a good wholesaler, first off you need to be able to navigate an incredibly slippery slope both morally and legally contacting desperate sellers off market, tying up a contract with them, and then often times attempting to resell that contract without proper licensing to do so and no ability or intent to close on the contract yourself within the time period allowable by the contract and with the intent to back out if you are unable to.

My intention was to show the inverse relationship between real estate and PM's.

Intent is to sell, but next option is to move in if we don’t get the right price - will most likely refinance and get the cash out.

You should always be 100 percent clear on your financing before you start looking with the intent to buy.

Did you have the intention of putting more work into the property or did you just see the value of the clean?

Breathe deep and be polite all the time.