Try to avoid conflict or confrontation as he could really cost you a lot of money and grief.

I am very hands on and not afraid of confrontation.

This eliminated nearly all of our profit, a simple mistake we should have caught on the front end.Mistake #4: We assumed the contractor was reasonable and not confrontational--After we fired the contractor, we hired out the items he did not finish, or did sub-par.

If they confront you just be honest and tell them you need to remodel and raise rents.

Confrontational landlords are the best meal served up fresh to FREE tenant advocate lawyers.

:Originally posted by @David Doyle:Hey guys and galsJust want to comment here,,,In any case,,,,YES,,,you must comply with local codes and ordinances---The key is ,find out whats acceptable by local code and give the nice man with the clipboard and the pens in his vest pocket what he wants,,,,and get him off your property.Now you'll know whats expected of you the next timeThe point of all this is once you establish a level of trust and cooperation with this guy,,he will be more apt to sign you off fast and do a minimal inspection the next go round.He will put you on his good guy list.Never be confrontational or combative ,even if you feel like it,,,give the man what he wants and get him off the jobsite.Hope this helpsDD in L.A.I keep on trying to explain this to local investors in my area, and it often seems a difficult concept to get across.

When we confronted Preston Letts, all he did was lie to our face.

If they are doing it at the same time in broad day light... confront them. 

Confronts his tenant.

Eventually I came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth confronting people about it.