They did poor due diligence and a poor business model.  

Poor communicators, poor housekeeping skills, prescription med abuse, big dogs that they couldn't properly care for, damaging, etc.

As a retired CPA, I saw plenty of tax returns by these firms that clearly were done poorly. 

Overall, it sounds to me like you want to help the poor.

I've always found inventory rates (and how they've moved over time ie previous 1-2 years) to be the starting point for where a market's health is at.

We gave The Real Estate CPA a shot because a virtual business model and their marketing here sold us, but had a very poor experience.

The mayor has been hot on out of state investors and poor property managers since his campaign. 

Investors often obsess over how to defer tax obligations and ultimately make poor investments due to being hyper focused on taxes.

The PM is slacking and poorly addressing tenant issues. 

You have to prove you did everything right and then because of “empathy” for the poor snook who “fell into you schemes” you may lose anyway.This is a legally binding transaction that will be treated that way by the law.