As for rental properties, I have only done one, held it for 5 years and bailed out, making decent capital appreciation but not much in rental income.   

Las Vegas is a good place for actual Trustee sales the sales are held in the parking lot of a big title company downtown and that title company puts out a short form title search on everything that is going to sale. and will highlight them..

I'm never having my rentals held hostage by housing inspectors.Gail

Interestingly all were held by some type of LLC and a few were held by the same LLC.

;) ;)Easy for all you gurus and coaches to say and make all sorts of claims without accountability, but if you were to be held accountable you wouldn't say these things.

I have 4 properties and I'm getting a CPA for 2024 since I sold one (that was the 5th property) but I held it for less than a year, sort of like a did a bad flip but I did intend to rent it out (very long story).I'm guessing the OP has two single family rentals and not some large apartment complex, if OP is still there. 

Technically the tenant could contact escrow and instruct them to stop making payments, but the money would then be held by escrow until both parties agreed upon forward action or a court ordered action.

Depending on how your properties are held will depend on what (if any) percentage needs to be counted. 

To answer your question about the downside or risks - there might be an existing or a possible lawsuit and you would need to be held liable for 50% of it.

I'm feeling bullied and as if I'm being held hostage and am not sure what I can legally do.