If the work is not complete then I would reach out to the tenant via text or email with a gentle reminder that rent is due in full.

Gently nudge your relative towards opening an LLC with a real bank account (feelings have nothing to do with how a business runs in the real world).

Moore) will let you give it a gentle wipe without removing color from the wall.  

Stopping water from getting in is my biggest challenge as my tendency is to go all out to solve the problem but, if I put new siding on this, I'll be paying my buyer to take it off my hands:-).One trick I've been using to keep costs down is to buy gently used.  

But whenever someone says they aren't interested, I use that opportunity to gently remind him of what he's up against in selling this house.  ;-)

Just wrote a check for over $1000 to buff and recoat 1550 sq. ft. of lovely antique heart of pine flooring that a tenant confined too much.I have a Dalmatian and she weighs in at 60 pounds and she lives on refinished wood floors.

The people renting market in crappier areas are largely unreliable...a gentle way of putting it.

Gentle temperament, but tied to dog bites resulting in fatalities.German Shepherds.

Hey guys,I'm still a newbie so be gentle.

It may be that in reality, (and just picking numbers out of thin air here) that $1000 CFK PLUS a decent amount of help/motivation/gentle prodding, etc may be equal to or greater value to the tenant than say $3000 CFK and no help/assistance, etc.