Yeah, I had one broker actually call and pretend that I'd agreed to bring an "executor's deed" to my hearing for my mother's probate (they get the court filings, which are public), and say that I need to be sure to have it in hand at the hearing, and some other garbage basically presenting herself as a legal expert - I reported her to the state bar as someone practicing law without a license and reported her to the state realtor's board, too.There are serious consequences for people using predatory techniques to prey on people who are grieving or aren't savvy about real estate deals or who are uneducated or seniors, etc. 

Plus, whenever you file an unlawful detainer (or eviction proceeding in your state), it goes on their eviction report.  

(the reasons why they want you to bend your rule for them)...You do the nice, smiling but broken record technique on them, "I hear what you're saying and I know you find it frustrating, etc., but that's our policy and we can't make any exceptions."

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(note...she did not offer to pay rent) To proceed with an unlawful detainer I do not need to serve any notice but proceed directly to file.

In some jurisdictions, when a lease expires, your tenant becomes M2M by default - CA is a tenant friendly state.As a matter of fact, if you ask a tenant to leave without an unlawful detainer - assuming one is legally warranted - they are entitled to a relocation fee.https://hcidla.lacity.org/syst...To your success!

Consider telling them to keep you in mind, or maybe apply wholesaler techniques, as wholesalers can come up with creative options sometimes to help bump them over the selling edge.

Dave Ramsey's debt-payoff program is second to none and a technique that 99% of the population would do well to follow.