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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with PPs that if you are not a slumlord you should be fine with lawyers, but expect that they know their rights and don't try anything shady.

I was also a PITA law student, however I rented from a slumlord lawyer who was open about trying to gouge tenants for as much as possible because he felt screwed from when he was in school.  He did send us a crazy nasty letter when we were trying to get repairs done (including, but not limited to, an open hole in the basement wall that was billed as a cat door and through which wild animals and/or strays entered the basement and crapped all over it).  It was exactly what you'd be hoping to avoid, all assertion and not-thinly-veiled threats inviting us to break our lease.  I was so appalled that I looked up the law and answered the whole thing line by line (after we called the housing inspector) and it was very satisfying!  DH used to pull it (my response) out at parties and read dramatically aloud from it while my artsy friends cracked up.

Like a PP said, we were always model tenants in the sense of paying our rent on time, giving ample notice, and not doing anything to jeopardize our security deposit.  Often we did small repairs out of pocket if we could (shower curtain rods or fixture replacements and the like) and we never had problems with landlords who weren't lawyers!

I guess, OP, I would say that in DC there is no surefire way to avoid aggressive or contentious tenants except to meet them in person and go with your gut.[/quote]

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