Find a good eviction lawyer if you're not doing your own.What's your exit strategy when you no longer want to be a landlord.

No lawyer here (obviously!)

We also have the highest lawyers per capita by a HUGE margin in the DC area.

Hi Bigger Pocket-ers, I know I'm supposed to introduce myself to the community as I start meeting new people and giving and receiving advice so here it goes: I began my real estate career as a real estate lawyer with Simpson Thacher, primarily working for Blackstone, KKR and a handful of other private equity clients.  

Not a lawyer or anything but an investor who has spent way to much time in brokers offices.

You need to talk with a lawyer in your jurisdiction. 

Your lawyer is absolutely right.Not in being mystified that Wells Fargo is taking this line.  

Did you speak to a lawyer?

yes i talked with a real estate lawyer today.He said they are giving me the run around..

There was a judgment against the landlord and the tenant, but since the tenant was a man of straw (no cash) the liability fell to the landlord and the landlord's insurance.I am not a lawyer but I know of an article on this topic written by one who is, and that can be seen at Cohen HighleyIf a landlord can be found liable in Canada, which is in general less litigious than the US, then I would be quite wary of leaving a fire pit in at a rental property elsewhere.