After suggesting my tenant pay me or move out for a month, I gave them a last ditch option to pay me for June, and I would allow them to use their security for July, however they would be getting a non-renewal of lease in the deal, and it needed to happen that day.

I'm 7 months in and thinking of ditching the car already...

Anyway, I'd find a way to ditch the current tenant, and find a tenant that actually understands science.

It's definitely a tough situation I'd say put in a last ditch effort to find a buyer for your client even if its a wholesaler and if that doesn't work then I would cut my losses. 

The sale date has been postponed now for over a year.So my last ditch effort has been to FINALLY track down the negotiator on the account at MetLife and on Friday I FedExed him a packet with a letter telling him about us renting the property for the last 10 months, copies of all the cancelled checks, and all the copies of e-mail correspondences from the owner and his SS specialist asking us to submit "bogus offers in order to string the bank along" and keep house from going to foreclosure (which of course we never did.)My husband and our attorney said I was wasting my time because no one at the bank cares- but it was worth my time because someone should care that this guy is collecting money for rent and not paying his mortgage, as well as the fact that he is submitting bogus short sale offers in order to postpone his foreclosure.Maybe my letter and e-mail correspondences will actually reach someone who gives a damn about what is right!

Should we try to get the owners to ditch the realtor and get a dedicated short sale negotiator to work with the bank?

By definition ditching the "9-5" - I believe real estate can and will provide this freedom for my family and I.

They can be a marketing and SEO asset but, one wrong comment and you will have to dig ditches for a living after they are done making a fool of you.

I'd be happy to show you around Austin if you decide to ditch the bs left-coast taxation and move where the growth will happen!

What about railroad tracks, freeways, drainage ditches, etc.?