If that still doesn't work you, at least have a paper trail to enquire if you might have grounds for a holdover further down the track.Another option for those who aren't paying is to include a list of local charities or numbers of outreach services when sending delinquency notices.

- How can I maximize the good (Do I give money to a charity?

Are they mostly charity or faith-based groups that offer housing support or something different? 

And being a landlord is business.. just like when everyone gets on her and says they are not running a charity they are running a business.. well there you go protect your business.. cant have it both ways.land lording no different.. as a property owner or landlord its incumbent on that owner to plan for how they are going to maneuver through tough times. 

Bottom line- This is a business, not a charity. 

Don’t disguise charity as earned. 4) anything short of you paying half for the new house and ongoing expenses is you asking her to subsidize your kids that I assume are adults. 5) imagine it the other way around.

If you want to do housing for charity, hit up Ronald McDonald house, I think your charity is better use there. 

When a real estate investor, or any wealthy person, chooses to provide a less profitable (or not profitable) service, it is an act of charity.

I was never in the Military as you probably recall though I put together a charity with a few other BP members called Aheroshome.org and we gave away a fully rehabbed home in Memphis that Chris Clothier did all the work on and we know the quality of his rehabs etc.

My plan is to will my money to a charity in such a way that the principal will survive and the charity will receive a large portion of the annual interest on it to use as funding.