At the local level, they know that every vote counts, and that voters have friends and neighbors that they talk to ... light a fire under them, they'll know the right person to threaten .

LLCs wont stop this from happening, but they can provide stop-gaps in your assets and put you in a better position to negotiate favorable settlements since they can't threaten everything you own.

Then that way you don't feel, that you are paying for the water, when in actuality you did include the water usage in how much rent you decided to charge.Once again, you can threaten to increase rents of water usage rises.  

Or, having lawyers call him to threaten him with legal action.  

Both Windcrest and Balcones Heights will have cops call you and threaten you.  

You have to make sure it works well with YOUR numbers- cash flow, cash on cash ROI, etc. don’t need to settle or feel “threatened” with the time frame.

They also have lease clauses that give them the right to pay for insurance that is threatened with cancellation, and to charge the tenant for the expense plus a $100 administration fee, plus interest.Some landlords get renters insurance for all of their renters, and just include the cost as part of the expenses they incur when they rent property.

They respond that they were “waiting for us to send one” and request emergency assistance for the first two months which we receive and they are current again.Now, unrelated to the rent, a week or so after we get paid, we are in the lower unit painting and hear him screaming at her, threatening to hit her, furniture is being pushed around, and we hear kids crying.

They did cause significant damage to my house and when we tried to keep their security deposit to pay for the damage they threaten me and my family.

(Sounds like I should be the trash hauling business).We make the tenants pay and get 5-6 letters a month threatening a lien on trash.