What I say is for you and anyone else in this thread that think the tenants deserve to be "punished" in any way.

Local governments are already placing a moratorium on evictions and even if you could do an "unlawful detainer" the courts are closed for at least 3 weeks.

The king was very angry, and he sent the servant to jail to be punished until he should pay back the whole amount.

I understand the moratorium does not stop landlords from submitting the notice to pay or quite and then unlawful detainer!

I understand the moratorium does not stop landlords from submitting the notice to pay or quite and then unlawful detainer!

Any appropriate unlawful detainer should still go forward.

Some of the red flags are:- Bad credit or name appear on civil court records relate to unlawful detainer.

With our commercial loans, late mortgage payments can mean reductions in credit available, punishing interest rates, a called loan, a forced sale, or even foreclosure when civil courts are once again functioning.

There are a plethora of issues that you could possibly be confronted with and so it is important to know your goals and not subject yourself to punishment for doing good deeds. 

If you can turn this into a “ don’t punish these wonderful homeowners for my developers mistake” conversation and they are convinced they made you pay for your violations it might work if coupled with a check.You could also put an amount of money in escrow as an inducement to the buyers to close.