Judge acknowledged our point, but still only awarded half of the arrears.

The judge awarded my wife a $240,000 settlement, I kept (can't remember) 6 or 7 properties that were paid in full, but here is the strangest part you will ever hear about a divorce settlement.

Because I have some pics in that category that are award winning (yet pretty graphic...unless maybe it's considered art???)

@Mary Mitchell You are already providing a service to them , I mean unless they are 5 year long term tenants I wouldn't award them for doing what they are supposed to do as stated in the lease.

However, to sweeten our offer, we tend to include other concessions in our PSA to increase our chances of getting awarded the deal, but nothing as extreme as EMD going hard on Day 1!

Big jury award in a personal injury type lawsuit, or spouse and/or children wresting control away from you when you get older, or one bad deal for one property bleeds over the makes the others vulnerable, or you find yourself unable to pay huge tax liability at some point and want to be judgment proof on paper so IRS cannot seize assets and has to do an offer in compromise with you?

@Steven Jackson  I'm not sure if the expression comes from baseball where the pitcher gets stuck between throwing a pitch and throwing to a base and essentially doesn't commit to either which causes a physical "bobble" which is considered trying to trick the base runner and so the base runner is awarded an extra base. 

Because when a tenant goes late and he does have to take it to eviction, when it comes up in court, the judge awards him the full rent, not the discounted amount.Often times, the judge will only award the rent and not the late fees.Just wanted to put that out there ...

To make case settlements happen faster and for less since the opposing side will see how .much time, labor and expense they will have to put into the case to begin with for an uncertain award that will be less.

For all we know you are an LP who owns 1% of these properties ownership structures or you are someone who helped raise money for a GP and in return was awarded the "co-gp" title even though no bank will ever accept your signature because your balance sheet isn't sufficient.