If she is complaining also of headaches, has red rosy skin (mostly in face), or increase in fatigue you might want to mitigate a potential law suit. 

And a serious sit down talk with these people.Either way, mitigate your damage and use this as a learning lesson for the next tenant.

Hi everyone,First time posting and am new to this world. I have an opportunity to buy my grandmas property at 341k and is valued at ~400k. We will have to go through probate to become administrator. My questions is, a...

Also....you absolutely can screen the tenants....you are not "forced" to take anyone.To help mitigate the risk of having potential tenants that are "a little rough around the edges I make sure of the following.No Smokers, Period....not even vapers or cigarsNo Drug Users PeriodNO Previous Evictions from within the last 10 yearsNo felonies No pets, period.I have Section 8 tenants in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Alameda County (Oakland, CA) and Contra Costa County (Concord, CA).....and it works.

But two things always demand attention - the desire and need to move from active to passive attention, and the need to move defensively in late markets and late investing careers.Defensive investing is a way of separating your cash from debt in a mature market to mitigate the impact of any kind of correction. 

Lessons have been learned, hence this post, so going forward my operation will be run strictly like a business, which should help mitigate some of the issues I've been encountering.

A couple of "simple" ways to help mitigate this problem is to make sure that you 1) find and buy a deal well below actual market value and 2) have ample cash reserves.

So you can only mitigate the 5 year at x amount.

They think they have correct information on the valuation of properties and can mitigate risk.

But of course that is just for US tax mitigation.