I ask where they've seen the bed bugs so I can come and inspect and they claim that such a question is proof that I knew of the bed bugs...After going around the world with this guy to explain that this is a normal troubleshooting step, identify where they've seen them so I can come and look, he claims he only responded with logic and that I'm wrong....Then he sends me another email telling me I'm being volatile and defensive...Then this beacon of logic asks me at 10:00 PM what time in the morning the exterminator will be by.

I can't thank you enough.I've got to say, much of what was said seems logical and on par with my thinking.

As if that negates the other problems - that they post on BP wanting advice for, then for some reason justify the tenants behavior because they pay on time.Now here you are saying the lack of communication and their intent to get a stealth cat must not really be a problem because they mow the lawn.That's not logical.  

I do not give money away to avoid the "possibility" of incurring expenses, that to me is not logical.

Its not logical.  

Remember, there are unscrupulous landlords as well as naughty tenants.Landlords often find themselves in serious hot water with tenants because they try to inject too much logic and common sense into tenant management.

Otherwise they wouldn't move there.With respect to the interior: same logic.

If it is new, there is no (logical) argument that the issue has been resolved.Pest control is the responsibility of the tenant and I state that in my lease.

The logic that the toilet wasn't like that when she moved in doesn't hold up.Maybe the thing wasn't properly fastened when she moved in.

I don't want to run into the pitfalls of being too 'nice' of a landlord so I do want to look at this logically.