If all else fails, i'd look at the local laws to see what type of escalation is possible and have them take it from there.It's unfortunate for your tenant to be going through this but ultimately the situation seems to be out of your control considering you've already sought out a resolution on their behalf.

You have to fail first to learn.

Haven't seen the other two come to fruition...or if they have, I haven't found out.Demand might be really high right now, but it would likely be dominated by people trying to find someone to pay the full contributed capital for worthless positions in failed deals. 

But the look test when I drove through the area was a fail.

There's so many links in the chain that can fail in that 30 days between when you get an executed contract and when you officially close. 

The contractor I hired to paint interior of home has left it incomplete. He also removed a whole house alarm system without telling me. He explained he had to in order to paint the home properly. He does not plan to r...

The more criteria you use for screening the more likely you are to fail to comply with applicable law and the more difficult it is for you to prove you did not discriminate.

I think the charm of an historic home out weights these issues...

If you miss that deadline (because of a failed sale or a tenant that won’t move out.) it’s all taxable, if you move back in to it as your primary it’s only a pro-rated tax free gain when you eventually sell.

If all else fails, as the new owner, you can do an eviction on them once you buy it.