The house had the utilities turned off for the 6 years, and was filled with the original 1 owner's furniture, clothes, appliances, car and ecn food in the frig (without elctric on for 6 years). 

When renting out furnished rooms, am I obligated to provide the exact furnishings and decor shown in the original listing photos?

Out of curiosity, how did you originally finance the properties if they are negatively cash flowing?

Understand Replacement cost versus original building costs. 

It’s is best to invest in short holiday rentals , there is always high demand for this kind of apparent Originally posted by @Paul Schu:@Morgan Nilsen I agree investing in the US probably has a better cash flow potential but I think Dubai might have a decent appreciation.

Of course unless your buying defaulted notes at the get go then again as Chris mentioned this type of fee should be handled up front.. and if it new origination your making and then they go bad.. in your foreclosures you can charge the borrower these fee's when they cure or add it to you opening bid and when someone buys it at the court house you get repaid..

I purchased a FIRST LIEN Purchase Money Mortgage that foreclosed, originally from 2006.

Originally posted by @Chase Alison Matthews:So...

You can't resolve the issue unless you pay off the loan, the bank sends the property into foreclosure and your original seller sues you for breach of contract and ruining his credit. 

One great thing about fix and flip loans is that there is no early payoff penalty, so the original lender's commission is not at risk!