If he got the judgement letter, he obviously must have received the original subpoena as well.

If you ever had a judgement against your properties the option would be sienor and could be exercised ahead of any judgement.

When you have the second cause and can't collect at least you have a court judgement that you can write off on your taxes as bad debt see an accountant about that.

A judgement from anyone, anywhere could be placed as a lien on 'your' property.  

Evict first and list the co signer on the eviction , get a judgement against both .  

It's easy to be judgmental, I know because I am very judgemental, however based on what you have state you do not have a pressing roof leak.

I guess I could just call Risk Pro that I've always used, but I always wondered if the policy only kicked in AFTER the judgement, if you lost, and if most policies cover your attorney fees, or just the judgement, should you lose?

You can also look at their credit report to see if they have any riskly loans, do they make payments on time, what their credit score is, do they have any collections or judgements or bankruptcies, etc.Here's a pretty good instruction manual for application screening: https://www.biggerpockets.com/... 

Brandon - Some of my suggestions include:- On your application, make sure you have a question that asks if they have ever had a judgement against them for real estate and/or an eviction in real estate.

You sit on your throne and pass judgement who gets to live and who doesn't.Let me give you a brutal example what power you actually have on others.Long long long ago there was this awesome little monkey.