pfffft Stay calm stay collected,  make THEM beg for you!

You are only supposed to collect the HAP total and no side deals.  

But keep in mind, if you signed an agreement agreeing to hold them harmless and waive liability, then that may be a problem to collect. 

That way you're 100% hand-off, only collect checks. 

The nice thing about this place is when someone gives out that bad advice, they are typically called out by those people with more experience and better answers.I'll take the collective any day over the advice of one individual.Though, even better would be having a great mentor combined with the BiggerPockets collective knowledge . . . that's pretty powerful!

If you are looking to quickly build a portfolio then keeping the $70k for other projects may be optimal, especially if you have plenty of cash to cover potential shortfalls with maintenance.

If owning another appreciates primary, may be option to sell that one and move to inherited.Talk to a financial advisor to optimize taxes now and for future.

This is a great example of how trying to avoid taxes can lead to a sub-optimal return. 

Eventually you will receive funds less the 1/3 collection fee from the Attorney forwarded to you."

Not bad wealth generation in a non-optimal RE market, but my last RE purchases were Dec 2021.