If the tenants are resistant, and do not mail in their money - you send them their "Pay or Quit/Eviction" notice, they will be more apt to respond once they get that notice.

I get your prop emails all the time (resisting FOMO) and watch your vids.

If your friend can't do what he was supposed to do to this point, and he's behind by $5K, and then goes into debt another 2.5K to you, and that's just to get him to the next draw - and he's still got $36K in draws to go.......I just see this imploding.So, as someone else mentioned, if you're willing to give your friend the $5K to help him try to make this work, with no expectation of getting it back, that would be a really nice thing to do.On the other hand, if it goes down in flames and now he's lost the $5K & the $2.5K extra promised to a friend, it seems to me he'll feel terrible about that and that might not be doing him any favors either.I tend to only do deals with friends where I'm guaranteed to get what I need out of the deal, and in those instances, I'm very generous. 

You can also get stove-top fire suppressants that are set off by flame.  

@Joshua Norwood have you brought this up and faced resistance? 

Account Closed  this whole thing about a judge is just flaming bull crap they never get in front of a judge they can hardly do anything much less present a case in a court of law.. you guys with this judge crap get over it. 

The second group didn't exactly resist but they paid some rent and the property manager accepted it. 

This isn't something we have to deal with in most other areas of the country (though it's gaining in popularity).It sounds to me that two things are going on - first, it sounds like you agreed to take on the responsibility of getting the house inspected and up to code, and second, you've got a nosy neighbor that's fanning the flames with the inspection process.I would forget about the neighbor - it's just noise.  

Matthew: I will probably get flamed for this but in life as an employer or landlord you have the choice of being Scrooge or Fezziwig. 

But if you meet with some resistance , have signs made up