If the tenant is right - confront the seller.

While our PMs are more likely to pass tenant damage repair costs onto us versus confronting the tenant, over the years it's so far only been little items, so we try not to get too frustrated about it and chalk it up to out-of-state owner costs.

I would find an eviction lawyer and then bring things to a head: confront the boyfriend with a list of violations and say that if there are any more the next thing he will hear from you will be an eviction notice, no negotiations.

At the end, we feel very uncomfortable confronting him about the junk/trash and parking lot issue.

Now that I'm considering selling and moving the money into syndications, I'm confronted with just biting the bullet and paying the tax and the deferred taxes.

As I reach the bottom and turn to the sounds source, I am confronted with downpour of water coming from the ceiling of the basement bathroom.

That keeps it from becoming confrontational because you are not personally involved, and it is proof the tenant received notice, as a  process server can testify or provide an affidavit to the court.

If some crazy passes me doing 100 mph, I don't confront the idiot when we all get to the cafe or bar up the road.

I'm confronted with people with little work experience looking to jump into something before they are ready. 

When confronted, they too often hide behind the landlord, saying, "It's the owner's policy," but then denying access too the owner.