You may not collect anything, but it will sit on his credit report and prevent him from getting a car loan, home loan, or scamming another landlord.

I even had preventative maintenance set up, but the root growth rate was unpredictable.

This contract includes an exclusivity clause to prevent your clients from bypassing you and going straight to the lenders to cut out your commission. 

It drives me crazy when I hear these stories preventive maintenance is what should be practiced and discussing all avenues of the deal and the borrowers docs in advance.   

Do you remove the roof from your houses because roofs do not prevent flooding?

Same fact pattern but its your tenant who slips and falls instead..... what prevents the tenant from naming the property owner as a defendant in the lawsuit?

Single night stays in a crowed city are a guarantee for a party.Not a fan of single nights because they invariably prevent quality (ie longer) bookings because they punch holes in your calendar.

. 🫠  but there has been some legislation passed that prevents them from going more than 50 year leases.

For the inside paint we add a Mold preventer to the paint. 

How complicated is the process of removing a lien, and should I focus on preventing it instead?