I can't stress this enough.Where your understanding is a little bit thin is that over time--about two years--good credit behavior can supplant derogatory credit behavior where one's FICO score is concerned.

I don't know the rules here, either, but I assume they just require a level of professional behavior, and trying to be helpful, so I don't see how that would be frowned on.  

Many investors start off "too hot" by either overdeveloping their first property or spending their money too fast - either of these behaviors will sink your ship quick and disable you from even achieving your short-term goals.

Have you seen behavioral changes upon conversion to owners?  

@Theresa Harris , I have mixed thoughts about not getting the cosigner and mom involved,  for the same reasons we record judgments even though we know there are  -0- odds we will collect;  at least other owners/managers will know about this tenant's past (assuming they perform background checks).If the people who are supposed to be watching out for her don't do something to correct her behavior, it's certain the tenant will keep on their dangerous and (self) destructive path.  

If it's the former, I would do the repair as, in my opinion, windows that have ratty or missing screens make the whole house look terrible and it's an issue if the tenants want to open a window to catch a cool breeze rather than run the air conditioner (behavior which should be encouraged, in my opinion).I think the larger question is why, when there are so many properties in the country that cash flow really well, why you're hanging on to one that does not.  

I read an article by a psychology professor, who was analyzing behaviors of people in a train compartment, when someone has a compartment for themselves at first and they spread out and then an hour later someone else joins them.

How is @John Thedford benefitting from his behavior and spending his time on this?

I've never seen anything like this behavior or mindset and lived in plenty of states.

Originally posted by @Robert Hernandez:Talk to the neighbors and see if you can't work together to discourage the behavior.