., retirees, dual-income households, or tenants relocating for work) may reduce risk.Stay Up to Date on Landlord-Tenant Laws: Understanding your rights and obligations can help you navigate issues more effectively if they arise.That said, if the potential risks are keeping you up at night and the financial pressure of an eviction would be too much, selling may still be the best option for peace of mind.

The sooner you regain control, prove that you fully intend to enforce the terms of your lease, and that you will not be 'played' by their recall of events or documents, the more effective this action will be.  

Real estate, like other things has a snowball effect.

Finding a good account and bookkeeper wasn't difficult and using online registered agents was way more cost effective.

Not only would you effectively be giving up your right to proceed by way of non-judicial foreclosure, a very messy judicial foreclosure sale might not succeed and even if it did, ability to pass title would thereafter likely be subject to borrower's statutory redemption rights.

What are the most effective ways to exit an investment? 

Quote from @Scott Tennell: For real estate investors who have worked with private money lenders, what strategies have you found most effective in structuring deals to ensure both parties are protected and the funding process runs smoothly? 

Several of the contractors offer helical piers but don’t seem to think they’d be a more cost effective option - we can directly ask about this again.  

The rules are designed to prevent related parties from engaging in exchanges that shift high basis property for low basis property, followed by a sale of the low basis property, effectively "cashing out" without recognizing gain.If you sell a property to a related party as part of a 1031 exchange, both you and the related party must hold the exchanged properties for at least two years following the exchange.

There’s normally action items that can be implemented into your management process that are more effective.