While I would typically say stay out of interpersonal issues between tenants, this is obviously more of an actual problem bordering on or actually a lease violation.

Im in this space and in no why would I ever gamble my mothers resources she will need on one of the most volatile, high risk aspects with a very high failure rate.

Right on the border of Euclid and South Euclid.Appreciate the info here! 

Gambling is short-term speculative play; that's flipping,  that's Vegas slots, sports betting.

I used to own three rentals in Seattle but after 2012 when the prices got too high I realized that sophisticated buy-and-hold investors invest where the numbers make sense with cash flow, not appreciation (gambling).

But knowing what you are doing should be a part of investing anywhere -otherwise it is gambling and not investing. 

And like most things real estate is location location location.. and our little community of 90 homes borders a year round river ( the Mollala) to the South the finnest retirement community basically in Oregon called Hope Village to the north.

It’s fortunate that you’re in a border city.

They were new arrivals in New Mexico, coming across the border, y ellos no hablan ingles.

The longer you hold onto it, the more your costs add up, the more costs you have to recover, and the fewer funds you have available to use to recover them with.Think of it like playing Poker (not because it's gambling...REI shouldn't be gambling).