I don’t want to come across as insensitive, or propose cowardice, or suggest you acquiesce to their every whim, but I really do recommend diplomacy with people such as this. Please don’t escalate the situation or be confrontational, keep your cards in your back pocket until you need to use them.

The state is on their side, and no matter how amenable the latter of the law is to your case your likelihood of losing legally is greater than theirs. Housing is one of the basic needs you need to fulfill and I would try to avoid shitting where I eat until I’m detached enough from their property.

From her panicked texts it seems like she feels cornered, and landlord who feels cornered is liable to pull some wild shit. I don’t know what you sent her but I’m guessing it was something about your legal rights and property terms. I would suggest not letting them know you’re thinking that way.

I hope I’m not swinging wildly at things and making undue assumptions but approach this idiot as carefully as possible, even if you think you have the upper hand

I would be willing to bet "we'll wait and see" really means "fuck she didn't buy it, can't look like I'm backing down so push it back six months and hope she forgets about it"

My landlord did something similar, she smelled weed in the interior lobby (which has 5 doors to different units) and immediately assumed it was me and gave me a write-up. She then did it again and gave me a 2nd warning. By the lease terms, after a third warning within a year she could have me evicted within 30 days.

Two issues though. I live in a legal state and she never claimed to smell weed smoke (which is against the lease terms) just weed itself (which is not). She also just assumed it was me when there are 4 other tenets, and I know what she’s talking about I could smell it too and it was so strong that you couldn’t tell what door it was coming from.

I brought up both of these issues and that she couldn’t prove anything about where the smell originated and never got a third warning.

hope your landlord gets run over by multiple busses back to back

One of the few good laws here in my neck of the woods is that a landlord has no claim to your damage deposit if there's no official move in inspection signed by both parties.

Sorry this doesn't help

Aaand post

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