It is somewhat typical (depending on area as Jay said) for a tenant that is getting removed to 'retaliate' against the Landlord....because after all you are the 'big bad guy who threw them out for doing nothing wrong......'

My gardener went to remove a tree that was growing roots underneath the foundation, and when he sent me photos, there was cigarette butts all around the back patio and front of the house

The only options that seem available to us are add the parents to our application, remove either parents or wife from the duplex, or in the future put the rents all in my wife's name which might negatively affect my in-laws.You guys are my Hail Mary, hoping you can spot a solution I'm missing!

I used to do junk removal and demolition for these kinds of companies and saw all the worst case scenarios in columbus from tenants that can pay $800 per month. check the vetting requirements, raise the price to get into your unit. 900 per month is cheap in columbus if you are buying c class make sure to take a little more like 2 months rent so the people moving in aren't scraping by

Remove 80% of my equity and re-invest it into a the property.

The rent to own company requires you to have 3% of the purchase price for a down payment but using RRSPs would result in standard penalties for removing these funds.

I have been called by a little under 10 sellers that were not interested that I just remove from my list. 

But have considered removing one of those walls and installing a load bearing header in the ceiling so that you open up the space and install an island with a sink?

There will be plenty of sponsors and investors who loose everything and maybe more than they invested. 

The tax increase was 14.75%The 2023 tax without the special assessment was $4,054.04The 2024 tax without the special assessment was $4,274.83Here's the breakdown from the County's website:Values established by the assessor as of January 2, 2023Estimated market value:$334,000Taxable market value:$326,820Total improvement amount: Total net tax:$4,274.83 Total special assessments:$8,137.29Special assessment details:010272316GST IMPRV RESURFACING$247.350109602023VACANT BUILDING REG$7,703.710125121T052021 TREE REMOVAL-5$186.23