and I completely agree that institutional behavior is a key signal.

I currently as a day job work for a farmland machinery company as an embedded software engineer (display screens for the machines).

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Just knowing that a complaint has been filed will likely motivate them to change their behavior and avoid an investigation.In the meantime, start looking for a new property manager. 

I had to file a lawsuit against the builder in Panama for nefarious behavior and not doing what he said.The lawsuit started in 2019 and it is still ongoing.

@Brent MendenhallBrent- respectfully, has your brother always shown narcissistic behaviors?

Addressing "Previous Landlord Issues": While you aimed to be "better landlords," the tenant's prior history of late payments and current behavior suggests a pattern.

But what I’m noticing is that same early-stage shift in behavior—sellers finally negotiating, buyers getting creative, and fewer players at the table.

The neighbor saying they aren't aggressive isn't helping so if you know them I would ask them to just describe the behavior.

I own a large property management company and we deal with this unethical behavior almost weekly.