If he tries he can let that weight out in 12 - 18 months in a healthy fashion, not 6 days or 6 weeks.

I'd assume the same would be true, if they had an action filed against them - that they settled in some fashion.

I would ask him first in a friendly fashion to remove the gate as there is no reasonable reason for a gate into your yard.

I just wanted to increase my cash flow and become financially free and in a timely fashion.  

Cheaper, faster, and just as effective, if not more so, than the old-fashioned certified mail, which was the only way to get proof of delivery before there were scanners or the Internet, and they can't avoid delivery by refusing to sign.If you have access to their telephone numbers and/or email, you can also send notification that way.  

If they call, reply in 24 hrs or less, fix their work orders in a timely fashion.  

I dunno.I had to deal with this stuff during the 2008 crash, and what happened back then was tenants just moved in with relatives and gave me proper notice or we worked out something in an amicable fashion - which never included them getting to stay rent-free or without owing any rent.

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It appears they do not want you to enter because they are violating the terms of their lease in some fashion.

In that case, you'd be double-dipping and no court thinks that's right.So, rule of thumb, don't charge your tenant for problems that have happened while using things in a normal fashion.