They end up getting 3-4K behind and then electric is off and water is threatening. 

On the day I hired the attorney, I had received a threatening letter from legal completely devoid of legal citation and reasoning.

If the insurance carrier threatens to cancel your insurance, that would be a valid legal reason to deny the tenant's request.

2) If the tenants feel threatened, tell them to call the police!

@Angie RussellTo garnish wages, bank accounts, etc. you need legal approval.To get legal approval, you need a judgment.Or, as previously posted, all someone can do is make threatening calls to collect, but can't take action.

e last thing a lender wants is a surprise lien threatening their interest in the property securing themortgage.Congratulations!

For example, "what would you do if a tenant gives you verbal notice of a repair that needs to be made and threatens to withhold rent until the repair has been performed."

It starts with late payments and excuses, then it becomes non payments and squatting, and it often ends with the tenant threatening the landlord with lawsuits (regardless of whether they have a legitimate claim), and trashing the property when they leave.

to re-wire the entire house, the existing is that cloth/tar type that deteriorates when you look at it sideways and threatens to burn it all down any day.

And potentially look into hiring a real estate attorney who can at first send a letter to the contractor threatening to file suit.