and according to him, pushback is more absurd and unnecessary during the whole shelter in place.  

Seems like a lot of unnecessary hoops to jump through just to manage a rental property.

The landing carpet as well as a new stove and fridge strike me as potentially unnecessary projects. 

TOTALLY unnecessary!

It is possible and legal to honestly say that the owner is absent and you are renting the property until he or she returns.Though Adverse Possession law is not clear to the average person, nor to the average investor, the very website that you linked in a comment above, does provide an answer to your own challenges (except for your unnecessary claim that renting an abandoned property means pretending to own it).Sue you have linked to - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adve...Under the “Elements” paragraph of that link it is clear our laws recognize that “nonpermissive use by the adverse claimant that is actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous for the statutory period” can “ripen into legal title”.  

They'll charge them to find the tenant, to do the eviction, tons of unnecessary maintenance, to find another loser tenant, if the landlord is still dumb enough to keep them, and when the landlord finally wises up, they'll charge a fee for firing them, then let another sucker in the door.  

Newbies trust their life savings with strangers who are all-too-happy to provide "turn-key" investments that end up failing, due to their (I think deliberate) bad management and unnecessary maintenance costs, etc., and then they are happy to sell it for you - and do it again to the next sucker.  

If it turns out your letter was unnecessary, fine.  

Phil Earley Thanks Phil, I was thinking more in the lines of certified mail with return receipt, but there's always a line where unnecessary and overkill, so just wondering where it is when it comes to landlording.

If rent is paid, eviction is unnecessary.