I am very blessed to be married to my beautiful bride and we have 3 amazing little boys, ages: 1, 3 and 4, who keep us very busy.My previous profession was as a golf course architect with Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design, which I still consult with from time to time.  

@Jeff Quintanilla  you were blessed doubly because in the year you did the short sale the IRS had a moratorium on issuing 1099C for short sales and debt forgiveness.. this is the one instance were Uncle actually was thinking about the average American who found themselves in an upside down situation. things have bounced back I bought a rental in orchards at the peak 209k rented for 1k..

Bigger Pockets Podcast has already been such a blessing and i'm excited to start getting to know every one. 

\Good luck, God bless

Thank You Joshua I am so blessed to be a part of your community and I would need to used a credit card to join the pro or plus upgrade ?

Have a blessed day! 

So in 10 years I'm collecting $7100 rent and have $1,170,000 in appreciation if the market performs the same as it has for the last 40+ years.Or I can bail just like I've witnessed EVERY decade for the last 5 only to piss away the rent growth and appreciation. 

I feel I'm at my wits end with this tenant.

Take a couple of witnesses with you, get in there and take pictures of every square inch.  

If the deal is for $140k all cash (and you get $40k right back), you're probably OK. but any half-wit loan officer the tenant uses will see right through what you did, which is to artificially bump up the market history of the property to influence the appraisal and mortgage size the tenant is applying for.