We eat the first one, thy get a picture of all the glory the plumber pulled out and the second time they get billed.

Since our legal billed were $36,000, we’re $100,000 ahead.  

If you do decide to help them out and rent continues to be late simply have a talk wiht them and remind them that rent helps pay your bills and since you did them a solid ask for the same in return.  

When they see you post and not pay taxes, they'll come after you...and probably hit you with all kinds of cease and desist as well as back tax bills and penalties and interest and that won't be a fun place to be. 

More so, bills are not necessarily voted by party lines.

Investors want a premium on mortgages over the saver treasury bill, historically about 1.7%, but currently more like 2.5% which gets us back over 7% for 30y fixed.I would not be totally surprised if we see 8% in Q1.

In fact, on numerous occasions I've raised red flags concerning their representations, financial reporting and general investment decisions that were all verifiable through public information and should have given most investors pause before investing.

You certainly wouldn’t just give them back $1,000, much less $1,000 and a tax bill. 

It is of course courteous of you to give them lenience, especially in a situation like that, but at the end of the day bills are due And you have to pay them too.

I work with numerous out of state investors that want to purchase here in Cincinnati and expand their portfolio.