Thank you for that, I appreciate the prompt response.

Hopefully we don't have to initiate an eviction process before then, and I actually think they have an incentive to move out earlier as they'd have to pack and move right around Christmas/New Year. With appropriate notice, we've told them they're welcome to leave earlier without any problems from us regarding breaking the lease. We're just going to have to put up with some game-playing till them I suspect.

My wife and I do believe at times that we're simply not cut out for this, as we try to treat tenants as human beings and do the best we can by them. What you get in return is so disillusioning at at times that you wonder why you even try.

Thanks again.