I sympathize with your situation erica, at least you are on the other side and realise that it is useless up sell programs that take peoples money.This happens in every industry where people can make money, real estate is just one of them.Personally i don't believe it will ever stop and no one can stop them as there will always be people that want to make money and will ignore the warning signs that it will not be what they promise.

You pretty well have to live with whatever they chose to do from this point on or evict.You trained them to be bad tenants and now they own you until they push you so far that you realise money lost in the short term is less important than being taken advantage of and manipulated by your tenants.

Like farmers being land poor speculators must liquidate to realise their wealth.

At least you learned your lesson and realise the importance of contractors who don't lie to you and get their job done efficiently. 

If you want to double your income you need to realise that your equity must be put to work to earn it's keep.

None have ever perused the case when they realise they can not intimidate me.  

Real estate investing is a a bigger job that most realise.

You don’t want to pay a mortgage for 15 years and then realise you can’t afford it anymore.

Most people invest in property and negatively gear the property as they are can realise huge tax savings. 

If you are happy parking cash in real esttae with a minimal return, realising it is at risk with a market drop, then do nothing.