Make sure you follow the law and conduct business with honesty and integrity.Remember to stay persistent, continue learning, and take action towards your goals.

In all honesty, sounds like the best option here might be to find a way to increase your income so you can live more comfortably.Can you house hack?

Thanks Mark for the time to reply, I am always looking for more deals but not all homes meet these numbers most don't, to be honest. I

I think you have a conversation with your brother that starts with humility, vulnerability, and honesty.

Event though my STR's and MTR's are in safe neighborhoods, I chose to install cameras in order to "keep honest people honest".   I

That's more of what I was speaking to, not for him to go out and put it all together on the fly himself, but the honesty of it is some people do not have Cali or Florida Money, they don't have NY or Mass money but that's where they live, that doesn't mean you can't play the game.  

This is really not a big deal at all and to be honest I wouldn't do any extra paperwork or anything.

In all honesty I did not know how bad it was going to get otherwise I would have held on to that cash..

I’m a new real estate investor interested in single family flips (to start) and I’m searching for not just a partner, but the right partner, and by that I mean someone with integrity and honesty who is in a financial position to help me quickly make deals happen.

For you its a matter of semantics, but for the law I would think that would suffice.Or I would issue them a lease violation warning for the unpaid utility bill and then when they don't take the corrective action evict them for lease violations.