People love Vegas and it continues to bring new businesses (Hollywood 2.0) and sports teams, just look into different investment strategies. 

If you listen to David Greene, he's hearing more and more stories about syndications struggling to keep up with their promises and a lot of investors are losing money, or pouring more money into the syndication to try and save their original money.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: It means there is a pending bankruptcy that has to be dealt with before the sale so they continued it and there will be a new date.

I would also suggest putting up a 24-hour notice to inspect the property and verify her continued presence.

Also, check out his podcast...one of the few I have continued to listen to over the years and stays current with good content.

I struggled with debt management until I incorporated this pay bi-weekly "law".

If cash out is greater than cash in, then you are continuing monthly to add to the cost of your property. 

The answer is it depends - if there is no more settlement then they are correct you probably do not need piers at this time, if it continues to move then you need to do something.

We communicated both with this investor and mngt to help find a solution for a tenant that was struggling to pay rent.

Your second question is in line with what I mentioned above you need to test, test, and continue to test.