That kind of behavior is gross, and cowardice.

Like you said...just leaves a bad taste in the mouth to reward this kind of behavior.

Also, some people say, you will have a higher likeliness of negative tenant behavior like drug/alcohol abuse and less than desirable guests(eg. son/husband just got of prison or in a gang, or daughters BF is same).

We do mostly retail, some behavioral health, hotel, apartment building, etc...

I called ex landlords to verify behavior and current employer to verify income. 

Pandemic is affecting everyone, and you're going to have to wait or face the perfectly reasonable consequences of illegal self-help eviction.If you're willing to "take the risk" of blatantly illegal and unethical behavior, don't drag the BiggerPockets community down by asking for additional illegal suggestions. 

It rewards bad behavior and makes you look weak, which typically results in the Tenants abusing you a little more on the way out the door.

I did some researching and found that his real estate license is on probation for the same behavior in 2017. 

@Jay Hinrichs It never ceases to amaze me the creativity and speed with which people can find work arounds to nearly any legislation designed to change behavior. 

I find that these behaviors are not universally practiced when it comes to real estate, and I'm wondering if anyone could help me understand trying to invest as soon as one can as opposed to waiting months if not years for good deal(s) to show themselves.