Either because 1) they now know you'll ultimately pay, or 2) they may see the fact that you paid as an admission of guilt and therefore any future claims may seem more credible since you were "guilty" of discrimination on this prior occasion? 

The person taking it is not guilty of any crime.   

I don't know if you've been reading too many of the exploits of a certain President-elect (who shall remain unnamed) in coming to the conclusion that you can be "guilty as hell"... and still get REWARDED for it, but, such conniving doesn't sit well with me...* (But I'm not used to thinking about skirting the rules, so I my "instincts" may be wrong).

I have been guilty of this for quite some time, but I am moving forward and actively pursuing deals.

Even if all else fails and you have to go through eviction, there should be no sob story that can make you feel guilty because you have done everything possible to treat them fairly.The moral of the story is, if property owners do not want to put in the effort to get good at landlording, they should hire an effective property manager to do the work.

Guilty.

If you do not have a signed listing agreement you would be guilty of brokering without a license for sitting on that house.

I just talked to him yesterday and he informed me he was sued for 1.5M...that on top of pleading guilty to a felony.

innocent until proven guilty?

All of NCLC’s volumes include sample pleadings, interrogatories, and other useful documents in appendices.