One of the best ways to motivate an employee is to create "skin in the game".Now figure out the details . . .

I don't trust him with my money at this point which is why I am here :-)  I am a skeptic and trust is hard to earn with me so I am very leary to do much unless he has some skin in it to.  

Although this was not "a friend", per se, it ended up kind of being a friendship, which I am certain contributed to the difficulty in making the change. 

"You don't have any skin in the game."

Lot's of ways to skin the cat...just get creative...Good luck!

To possibly further muddy the waters, the owner did ask that I put some skin in the game by putting $50k down, paid directly down on the note.

It won't be any skin off his nose at the moment, cause he isn't getting paid right now anyway.  

I never noticed fire hydrants until I worked with public utilities, now I spot them everywhere and can rattle off the brand and (approximate) age without much difficulty. 

Hello,I am having difficulties staying in contact with my property management company, ADA Property Management, specifically Sean Ambush. . .  

Due to the difficulty of finding deals and high property taxes in my area (Chicago suburbs) I've been doing some hunting down there as well.