If you neglected to protect yourself in the lease, then you the owner are responsible.I know the situation is a tough pill to swallow, but chalk this up as an expensive learning fee and update your lease to protect yourself in the future.

From reading your tomb, I'd say you might be a little too involved - might want to take a chill pill and give 'em some space.

Dude you need to take a chill pill, my goodness man!

I want to do right by everyone involved but getting sued into buying a house is a unmanageable pill to swallow. 

As soon as you pop that can of worms, be prepared to go fishing for existing issues with the property that may need to be brought up to current IBC, Residential may maen proper handrails and accessibility egresses, whereas Commercial may be a bigger pill to swallow going so far as sprinkler and fire suppression systems.

While it would be a bitter pill to swallow if things somehow went sideways and we had to pay, we definitely would to protect our credit and because it’s the right thing to do; thankfully we’re Blessed to be in a financial position that we could do that.

I'm currently in southwest Washington, but want to live in downtown Seattle or Pill Hill or Madison Park.  

CASH is king and we buy for cashflow, having no cashflow for 4 years is a tough pill to swallow.I do have an additional $10k per year as a maintenance budget which I think is a a bit high.

My worst ones had relapsed back into pills, meth, etc.  

Also major banks JP morgan, goldman sachs,  etc are going to have to set a lot of money to the side additionally every month as they have to have larger and larger reserves to cover unpaid loans pilling up.