Truly though, the notice to cure or vacate could be enough to get him to stop.

If calling a plumber to fix a real leak is going to kill your reserves, this is a bad deal on a property and bad cash flow.The first thing to learn as a landlord is that everything is your responsibility to cure.

And, you need to cure your liability (you cannot use a city easement without obtaining a Grant of Easement from the city - a legal document to be filed with the Clerk of Court).You've done everything you can to mitigate the damage to your home and I applaud you for it.

If forced to cure - and it will be a condition of remedy - the tenant can take action against you for damages from leasing an illegal property. 

Density is not a cure-all silver bullet.

@Kyle Carter recommend you search here on BP for Section 8 threads as there's a lot of feedback already.Just know this, S8 is NOT a cure-all!

We're not curing cancer; it's just buying real estate, doing some basic math, buying some furniture and kitchen utensils, maybe getting creative with some amenities, and listing properties on STR platforms...it's daunting when you're new, certainly a grind to get started, but it's not a mystery or puzzle to solve.

They typically give you 30 days to cure nonemergency issues.

The owner had no money from the deal to cure the lien, and because we were already passed our 1031 exchange identification deadline, we asked what the payoff was and ended up paying out of the door $112k to close this deal.

It's been a few years since I was cured of that delusion.