But Huntington had a lot of discussions and has a few active tenant advocacy groups that are pushing for 'grass roots' renters rights type groups. 

It is amazing how elected politicians have no basic understanding of supply and demand.California landlords need to ban together and support advocacy groups for your industry.

While each one of us could have a tenant that might decide not to pay, most of us wont. fwiw there are landlord groups folks can join to lend their voice to advocacy etc   

BP seems to be against consumer advocacy, at least by outsiders, and claimed they were promotional so they were removed.

@Brooklyn Au Don't rope me into your tenant-advocacy deadbeat-supporter trolling of the forums.

The other thing you might try is to call your local legal aid / tenant advocacy organization and ask there.BTW - don't forget that you're not only dealing with federal fair housing laws, but also the state, which can be even more restrictive.Slow down and be sure you understand all of the tenant's rights and ramifications of evicting before doing anything.  

first, any tenant can get free legal help - they are called tenant advocacy groups - it happens all the time. so she has an atty and you dont. 

A youtube search for:" Under One Roof Advocacy " will show a video that shows people in a high tax area who are concerned about property taxes...

The "great recession" anecdotes are over-played and demonstrate calcification of fear that has poisoned your ability to correctly assess and asset.Your definition of risk is different, but you add risk (and substantial lost opportunity) by burying all of that cash into the ground.Leverage is the great equalizer, and perhaps that is part of the reason the Thurstons and Loveys are so put off by our advocacy of it. 

NACA is a non-profit HUD Certified homeownership and advocacy organization that has been in the forefront in the fight for economic justice.