Spoke to our lovely and fabulous neighbor last night — the one at the house we’re moving from. She says that soon-to-be-former-landlord (STBFL) has caused problems for every tenant that has lived there. That STBFL has threatened to call the city on them if they try to “mess” with her, disputing some remodeling that was done in the neighbor’s basement 10 years ago. That she ran off the Ethiopian restaurant that was on the corner before the one that’s there now. That STBFL is, in short, a bitch, and that the little girl innocent act is a load of crap. So there it is. Y’all were all right. She’s a pushy, vindictive, mean person, who will do anything to get her own way and has managed to intimidate or dissuade all former tenants from doing anything about it. Benefit of the doubt has been recinded. Wednesday morning, I’m going to write her the Open House update and tell her that I’m not willing to show the house anymore. That if she doesn’t return my deposit by 15 July, I’m going to sue her. And Thursday morning (after we get our stuff out), I’m calling the city. But I need to give our new landlord (NL) the heads-up first. I don’t want STBFL calling NL and trying to make things difficult for us. And she will. I need to talk to Jacquin about all of this before I go any further, though, so that he knows what to expect.