Reply #103: It is indeed slander, a spoken untruth which damages your professional reputation and good name.

[Divernan]

Generally, to collect damages in a civil suit for slander (spoken) , you must prove quantifiable damage, i.e., that someone decided NOT to rent from you, or stopped renting from you because of your neighbor's lies. But perhaps you could get a cease and desist order against him. Liberals can play the hardball game too. Talk to the various inspection agencies he's called on you and tell them of his statements to your tenant, and his admission to you. Ask them what the penalty is for filing frivolous complaints, which waste not only your time, but theirs. The sad reality though is that the more complaints they receive, the busier they are, and the easier they can justify their annual budgets. If they have no interest in prosecuting frivolous complaints, then you could start responding in kind by filing your own complaints against him. That's a very stressful way to live, though.

He really sounds such a heartless bastard - exactly the kind of mindset demonstrated by the moneygrubbing GOP. All those sanctimonious pricks who call themselves Christians!