A borrower who is forced or coerced into surrendering title may have claims against the mortgagee for predatory and deceptive practices.Additionally, the common street level sales pitch is that investing in loans is less of a headache than that of real property.  

The important thing is to never surrender to it. 

It usually takes the sheriff about a week to show up and escort them out.Landlords are required to store tenants belongings left behind for 60 days and to surrender them to the tenant when asked for them.

The title must be surrendered. 

I'm thinking about letting the next landlord know about such behavior after the tennants have moved out and surrendered the keys and changed the locks.

The Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

I might add that the person wanting to surrender the property to me is the heir of the deceased owner of record that I tracked down. 

Brian Hoyt, if somebody does not voluntarily surrender possession to you at the end of a lease (regardless of duration), you have to gain possession somehow; legally, the eviction process is intended to accomplish that.

@Jessica ZolotorofeSurrend~r/Restorntlon. lessee shall surrender the Premises by the e d of the last day of the Lease term or any carrier termination dale, clean and free of debris and in good operating order, condition and state of repair, ordinary w ar and tear excepted.

Another book I highly recommend is the NY Times bestseller, The Surrender Experiment.