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Updated about 4 years ago,
Need help with problem tenant
Hey everybody, I am really needing some wisdom on what to do.
I purchased my first property back in June and was going to BRRRR it. I was able to get this house as a secondary property, I do stay there quite frequently whenever I come into town, but I thought that I would put a couple of tenants in there because of the amount of space and I wanted to cash flow a little bit. I made the mistake of renting to one of the tenants, also a long time friend, who is in active recovery (drugs) and it has been an interesting process to say the least. It started off all great and then after a few months I started noticing weird behaviors whenever I was there, addictive behaviors to be specific. Some things have transpired over the last few weeks and my contractors are telling me that crackheads have been coming by. 
I have a business partner out there and he went by the house just to check up on it and there was a crackhead in front yard saying that he needed to get into the house because his stuff was in there, he proceeded to inform my partner that an altercation has taken place inside of my house and shots were fired. My partner asked him to show him exactly where the shots were fired and there was two bullet holes in the wall. He told my partner that my tenant and him got into a fight and he had to restrain my tenant and barely made it out with his life.
Each time that I come to the house there is a new issue and repair that needs to be addressed, My thought on this process as far as getting him out is to bring a written a contract stating that he will voluntarily leave with no eviction and no deposit returned or the law will be called and police reports will be filed and his parole officer will definitely be informed of what is going on.
I am not sure what to do at this point and really appreciate any advice that you could give on the situation. I am about $30,000 invested in renovations and as of right now because of my tenant I am a few thousand invested in repairs, thanks in advance!