First, the CFPB is the new cop on the beat, HUD can, in fact, depending on where the trail leads, the mail being used, false communications with banks, lack of due diligence, wrongful collections along with other possibilities, there is an alphabet soup of federal and state agencies that you could be talking to.

If you tenant is a painter, I suggest you get a bid from his business or contractor, if it is acceptable, pay the business/contractor who can in turn pay him.

If you can grow your retirement savings with real estate more confidently than you can in the stock market, then there is a fit.When you say "real estate", are you thinking rentals or development/flipping? 

Looks like a good deal to me, I'd just try and get as many perspectives on that area as you can - in fact I've been meaning to call my cousin about those areas and his opinion.

Chad I apologize for your experience, I take pride in our transparency and I try to communicate as effectively as I can in conversations our approach to tax and wealth planning and whether or not a person is a good fit for our services, and vice versa.

Just remember, it would have been very easy for them to say, "OK", renew the lease, renew it again when it comes up in the spring/summer, and then just bail on you next October.By trying to work a solution a year in advance, they are, if not doing you a favor exactly, doing better by you than they could have.ME: *WHACK* (Kick you as hard as I can in the nuts)You: *Gasping for air*ME: You should be thanking me, I could have stabbed you.Again on a practical level you are correct that they could have screwed her over even more, but I can't get over how you condone and almost seem to admire these people's behavior.Yes they could be worse but that doesn't mean they aren't jerks that are knowingly trying to screw her over.  

I would like to connect with as many people as I can in the area to network.

@Jordan Santiago, yes you can. In

Consider AKC Canine Good Citizen training, testing and certification.

Most of those inspectors are so fat and lazy they would never climb a ladder or fit through an attic hatch.