I didn't read the responses, sorry, I headed out to take a sniff and fix a leaky sink. Oddly enough, the room she was complaining about smells great now. Weird, a few days ago there was a faint smell of cat urin by the door, but it had just been cleaned and was still wet.
Today, hours after she demanded the carpet be replaced, I went in there and the place smells like roses. Not even a hint of cat pee. While my guy is installing new faucets, the tenant goes outside, is sitting in her car texting, having a good time for about an hour. As soon as I go out she is crying acting like a little delicate bird. She never did text me back about my offer for her to move out, but I took the opportunity to discuss with her and make it clear that there must be some confusion, because hours ago she was demanding I replace the carpet because of an unbearable cat pee odor, and when I show up hours later it smells like roses in there. Literally, no pet smell, just smells fine.
The tenant is an attractive young girl who I think is used to getting her way, but I'm not obligated to rent to her. She is being unreasonable and in no position to demand her deposit back to replace the carpet. The carpet does not need replacing, it doesn't smell since it dried, not even a bit, and if it did need replacing, I would be the one to direct that work not her. Furthermore, her deposit is not there for that anyways.
She is imagining any odor at this point. My point about her income was that I don't take direction from uneducated, low income people. She was trying to tell me I shouldn't have done this with old tenants and should have done that instead, etc. Mighty big talk from someone who has rented rooms her entire life and can barely afford to drive a beater car.
Her lack of being able to show up to appointments on time, be honest, etc. is very apparent at this point, and I will cut her lose next time she does this crap. There is a reason people like her are in that lot in life and it's usually not by choice but due to lack of capability. I realize on this forum there are a lot of bleeding heart liberals who like to believe that everyone is equal, but the reality of it is we are NOT all equal.