A judge or attorney can spot a novice a mile off and it won't help your position, especially if you write terms that favor one side much more than another (popular with gurus).Don't write contracts for others, that is the unlawful practice of law, if a deal blows up the judge will ask "who wrote this?".

That seems to be punishing the landlord for what the tenant has done.

Now I spend the money to file the unlawful detainer as soon as possible.  

Does anyone have a good recommendation for the method of serving unlawful detainer complaints and summons to my tenants?  

It is also very important to comply with fair housing laws to avoid unlawful discrimination.

I guess it would be a good thing I know the coach and could easily make them suffer by running or any other punishment.

I'm not an attorney, but I would assume that ignoring a court order is punishable by the courts.  

Being underleveraged is a bad thing in the corporate world, analysts and shareholders will punish a company for not beeing leveraged properly.

You definitely can't punish them by keeping money that isn't yours.  

Well, if the Saudis keeps prices low in order to "punish" Russia for its positioning in the Middle East, the cost of oil will remain so low that it won't be worthwhile to continue fracking.