Other ways to find a home include searching for foreclosures and auction listings, contacting a real estate agent, or looking for "For Sale by Owner" listings.Foreclosure homes can be a good investment opportunity as they are often sold at a discount.

Tell them straight up that there is no basis for their request; houses that has been used as meth labs have specific characteristics that this one never has and cannot be rented until after thousands of dollars in testing ($5k to $50K) and a total gut of the interior is completed. 

If they lose something that is of value to them they may have fewer resources to pay the rent.You can get cross-line discounts on your auto insurance, saving money while protecting more of your stuff.

Particularly interested in investing in Columbus, Ohio and Tokyo or Fukuoka, Japan.Recently read a few books including Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Bigger Pocket's The Book on Rental Property Investing. and as a result have been looking more seriously into it.Although investing in the US seems pretty straight forward (especially as an American and with all the resources available), investing in Japan as a foreigner seems to be a bit tricky and not so black and white. 

try to convert existing air bnb guests to future guests on your own booking site- via coupon to come back and get a discount?

I would be looking for a price discount to compensate for the repairs, lost rent, and eviction expenses. 

Is there a reason you went straight to "creative" and "attorneys they can do a little more?" 

The person who is supposed to be in charge of our specific unit does not answer texts, and when I call it goes straight to voicemail.

Let me get this straight...... the LL found out the tenant was running an ArBNB without his knowledge in Feb 2022....and let that tenant stay until Sept  2023????

I'd look to hook up with him, and you can also hear a summary of it on episode 275 of the Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast, I'll DM you the link.