However, you may want to call their caseworker and vent your frustrations to see if you get a reaction.Since as an owner, you're responsible for bad actor tenants, how about just hiring a landscaper to come by and cut the lawn? 

You're not selling candy bars or an Xbox off Craigslist. 

Check your state tenancy act (or equivalent).

I have been saying for years we should not be building THOUSANDS of new homes, and handing out building permits like candy.

It can be done but it's tough.We closed a loan in state but we knew all the actors.

But I have no sympathy for the bad actors in our business whose actions perpetuate that perception.

With cash based tenants you have no financial history by which you can screen out the bad actors.

These are private sector actors with no gov't subsidy lending money on terms that often match or beat gov't subsidized terms, so they make up for it by being more stringent/conservative in their underwriting criteria, or they offer rates/terms that are worse for the borrower than the Fannie/Freddie rates/terms. 

The cost to operate the entity...ca secretary of state and the accountant... the money would be better spent on see's candy for your insurance agent and umbrella policies.

We're seeking warm weather, a closer proximity to Disneyland (seriously) and a commutable distance to LA (I'm an actor.