It binds the landlord, but honestly has little binding effect on a tenant when they simply choose to leave.

If so, you may choose to simply add it to the lease as being damaged at move-in so the tenant doesn't get charged for it when they leave.

I would have talked to them BEFORE cancelling the painter and given them the option of which way to go, but since you already cancelled the painter I would simply charge them prorated rent for the 5 days until the painting is complete and deduct that from their deposit.

I simply take a picture, text it to the tenant and they add the payment to their next month’s rent payment.

There simply won't be any widespread adoption of Bitcoin as a replacement for fiat currency until the volatility declines to that approaching fiat currencies.  

If it's simply cash flow--irrespective of hard assets-- then you're better off buying some form of debt.

The banks you are speaking with either do not originate conventional loans or the LO simply does not know how to originate them.  

So I'm very confused asking if there are any institutions that will take bitcoin as down payment (Which seems extravagantly easy because a bank or lender  could/would simply convert to USD) vs you stating that they take them as collateral, which seems like the more difficult task.

(no waiting period to simply refi what is owed) DSCR programs are not purchased by Fannie/Freddie so they can set their own rules and some have a waiting period as short as 3 months. 

It's kind of funny, some owners are thinking that simply because they have a house, that a investor is just going to pay near fully price, and its like, why not list?