And having them talk directly with your contractors trying to beat them down will drag things out and probably cause you to lose vendors.. 

Have you ever heard of a Landlord being sued by a Tenant and losing property?

So you need to be able to turn the unit quickly for a new renter every time you lose one. 

@Daria B.You're not "losing" depreciation on anything.

Fools investmentThere's a fire- cannot rebuild and investor loses everything; owner ruins his credit; injured tenant sues everyone; everyone broke.Lender calls the loan- everyone losesPaying down a loan does not reduce a payment, this is not a HELOC so that part is not math.There is zero equity to loan on, no one will loan on this.What would buyer have to do to convince a poor elderly person to take this risk- scare them, threaten, lie?

Would you raise them slowly over the course of 3-4 years until we get to the pro forma or make bigger rent raises now with the risk of losing many tenants?

I've said it before on here - lucky I don't have to rent this place at all or I would be losing my ***.

What do you stand to lose by reaching out to those guys and asking to talk with them?

After months of this, I did start to lose patience and became more direct with my team as anyone would after so much time and money has been invested.

Ask your PMC for the Eviction Judgment or Writ of Eviction.2) Even if you get a money judgment, you may "win the battle, but lose the war".