I heard of a landlord who did that when the noise and vibrations from nearby construction was causing a child with autism great emotional distress.If you choose to use a lease instead of a month-to-month agreement, then you need a clause in it about breaking the lease.

So don't get emotionally attached and play the game.

She told us most of her clients never even see the tenants themselves, which she thought it is a good thing because this will take any emotion out of the business.

You will prevail, but it will come at an enormous emotional and time toll.

Pulled at my emotions a bit because I've been in in a destructive relationship that I needed to get out of in a hurry as well at one point in my life.First two months go very well.  

It is easier to treat it as a business--less emotionally, easier to get contractors as you have more work to offer, easier to handle late or non-payments as they don't all happen at once, etc.

History doesn't show it works like that, either.OO's have an emotional investment in their house.

Agree with Mike M... way too much in the way of feelings/emotions.

In one of our instances we had a church in the middle of the deal and still foreclosed with the blessing of the mentioned external counsel.Certainly there is some emotion which follows the "was I duped?"

This type of person very often has a strong emotional attachment to their property and might be hoping to find someone who would care for it as they do.