Please don't tell you think you're going to force the issue through legal action.Your friend is in a illegally rented unit and you want to force compliance with a lease LOL.

I also spend a lot of time in Detroit for biz, but just can't seem to pull the trigger on that area.

The city is requiring all rental properties to be registered and in compliance by specific dates per zip code.

The dishonesty the original poster mentioned is what I think should be their trigger to get that tenant out.

Emails generally have the option to trigger a email back to you stating they have received your email.

During the escrow is it possible to put it in a LLC... or would that trigger capital gains taxes?   

No need for anyone to ever know.Statistically you will never need or use it and in the very rare circumstance the need should arise you will be more concerned about covering your butt than pulling the trigger anyway.

Right now I’m in the learning stages before we pull the trigger to find that right property in Spring or Summer next year.Our main objectives are:1) Build financial freedom through cash flow.2) Looking to buy and hold rental properties.3) Finding a solid deal with good numbers for our first property.

@Johnny Kang That simply refers to an automatic trigger of the 1099 at 36 months of no payments.....doesn’t change anything about a lender being required to issue a 1099 when they Actually forgive a debt.  

A non-resident alien investing in the US adds wrinkles to tax compliance not encountered with your plain "vanilla" US citizen or resident alien tax return.