Something very similar happened to me about 2 months ago.The way I see, the range of possible responses  fall into 3 general categories:1) You were wronged and the bad actors must be punished for their actions. - I see this as mostly an emotional reaction.

If so, you are a glutton for punishment!

(Building new is punishing unless we end up getting north of $2.50/ft or 30 year for rent.  ($36 a year is HARD to get in little Salem OR).  

In Portland, they limit rent increases to 10% per annum - Sense is that it'll get worse for landlords than better.This punishes nice landlords in terms of income when they own them and sales price when they sell.You get a couple of years of no rent increases and may take you 3 year at the max to catch up.

I don't believe paying rent dismisses the case once summons was issued.Here is copy/paste link"If you stay beyond the three days without paying the rent that is properly due, you will be occupying the rental unit unlawfully.

The buyer's title company has declined to escrow the amount, even with insurance, to mitigate the lien and close the sale.At this point, if the title company arbitration is not successful, I will be forced to be litigious and file a suit for an unlawful lien.

Idiots should be punished....

@Scott M. didn't mention the cost of the tickets:$250 Failure to Register$500 Unlawful rental of property without lead clearance$750 Unlawful rental of property without CoCThese fines may double on additional noncompliance tickets.BSEED's own numbers show that less than 10% of SFR rentals have CoC currently, but they are writing tickets as fast as they can.

I have an applicant from them with a 504 credit score and an " unlawful detainer" on record w/ a judgement amount of around $5,000.

If you advise them to do a sale and they have filed for bankruptcy, you have in essence advised them to payoff a creditor in favor, perhaps, of other creditors, which is unlawful conduct.