Rather than confronting Steve, he chose to retreat and reached out to me for advice.

Sounds confrontational and will only fuel him to cause you more misery.

Until they are confronted with something life changing, like losing a job, and then the pain gets too great and they need and want to change.Congrats on your journey to financial independence!

I confronted him and he stated I owe him for throwing away his family possessions.

I do not usually avoid this type of confrontation but I would not take on this fight and I have had on-going cases for 3 years (new one started before previous is settled).

over the past 7 years I’ve had dealt with countless of bad contractors, several incidents with occupants of the neighborhood that the property is in ( once I walked in on squatters and got into a physical confrontation) , and of course the relentless pursuit of hungry investors calling me and any family member that tracing programs associates with me about wanting to buy my property all while dealing with a career/industry change and finishing college during a pandemic 😮‍💨.so here I am recent graduate ready to finally devote the majority of my focus to getting over my newbie investor hill.

Just a note- I confronted them with their suspended license multiple times and the squirrely agents sent me a new business license that they have in -  I believe Delaware?

You talk with the tenant themselves, and they're confrontational and generally unhelpful/uninterested in working with you or giving you any information.  

You could aim to get the studious, low key, chill type of tenant as opposed to the rambunctious party animals typically found in a college setting thus avoiding the types of "confrontation" that are likely to come with the latter.

Impulsively, I would go to the home and confront them but don’t.