That is precisely the behavior prohibited if you want to do a 1031.  

I know it's hard to believe but it all part of government and government regulated industry: bad behavior is rewarded, good behavior is punished, failure is rewarded, success is punished.

At last you'll be able to keep tabs on your big brother's questionable behavior in the Pacific Northwest.

If tenants know you to be “present” and attentive to the needs of your building, this sets forth an attitude which tends to reflect positively on their behavior.

Their advice was you would have to be able to show 8-10 incidents of this behavior (for them to take it seriously), take it to the local PD, then the case MIGHT get kicked up to the DA's office and local RE commission.If you are the one being harmed and can win a civil lawsuit, most states have a recovery fund that will pay out on the judgment, and take it from the agent/broker''s commission(s) or assets, within a year of the judgment.

There's a line between having a lot of stuff and endangering people or the property with hoarding behavior.

Can you change the behavior of your tenants?

Let them go.Also, there's an issue of far greater concern here and that is how do you intend to prevent this sort of behavior in the future?

LOL, are people just born as scammers or is it a learned behavior?

I have a MS in applied behavior.