While it’s frustrating that the tenant is still there and not paying, turning off utilities could complicate the situation and potentially lead to legal consequences for your "friend".In the meantime, document everything (the tenant’s non-payment, the lease terms regarding utilities, and their attempts to resolve the issue) to present in court, which may help recover the outstanding balance later.

My thought is take them to court.

I failed to do this twice and ended up in court both times.

I successfully evicted my tenant with a court ruling in April.

Arlington managed to defend its STR regulations in court by carefully gathering concrete data and framing its regulations around public safety concerns.

I was still nervous with all that was going on.. and well by 2010 I was buying them at the court house steps for 20 to 40k each. 

This mismanagement greatly increased our maintenance costs and delayed efforts to improve the property's condition.Evictions & Vacancy: Due to these missteps, we spent months working through the courts to evict problematic tenants.

He wasn't giving into the state and local governments mandate for employees to be forced to wear masks, get vaccines, etc and he started getting "threats" saying that he could be taken to court and have assets seized if he continues "breaking the emergency laws" during covid time.That could be viewed as an extreme example, but things like this worry me as I have my own company and employees.

This assures them I'll attempt to perform on their court while reciprocity guarantees me another agency that works with investors(also an ice breaker i.e.

Here's the latest piece I found on Jackson County suing to undo the court order finding the assessments were illegal: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article291980175.htmlYou can also check out some of the local news stations like fox4kc.com and KCTV5.com to keep up to date on what's happening with it.