However I'm hoping to be a passive investor so figuring that out as a service for others doesn't sound appealing to me :p  On a similar note, I definitely feel guilty about evicting people, but with 10 or 20k given to them in cash, why not buy their own home with that??

Even if I were sued, I document everything and obey the law, so I won't be found guilty.

Yep....guilty as charged.....I did not take the time to read all 35 previous posts on this thread that were not addressed to me :-) I saw what you said directly to me about 94603 compared to 94611 and responded directly to that :-)

I feel guilty for how much work he has done on this deal for the commission he made...

No discussion, no begging, no pleading, etc.. 

When at the court, the bailiff told everyone that if they pleaded guilty the judge would give everyone a penalty of about 10 cents on the dollar.

Follow the French legal schema of guilty until proven innocent rather than our own innocent until proven guilty.   

I haven’t used anyone different yet and I feel guilty like I’m betraying them.

I felt guilty for not speaking up sooner, I made the mistake of trusting them to do the right thing and not setting boundaries with them.

I'd also ask him/her to send me a copy of the pleadings.