This non-profit specializes in fair housing practices/housing discrimination on Long Island, "Our mission is the elimination of unlawful housing discrimination and promotion of decent and affordable housing through advocacy and education."

Maybe the “student” deserves some blame, but the punishment, in my view is more than served by the huge failure rate in the wholesaling industry, coupled with the near total loss on the educational investment.All illustrative, of course.

If parents and grandkids are also staying there and it is a 2 bedroom house, I'd also tell her the number of unlawful occupants exceeds the number that can legally live there.

The Unlawful Detainer forms on the county website are aimed at tenant evictions (with a lease). 

Massachusetts punishes landlords.

So let's not punish them relentlessly (there are seasoned BP members that do so repeatedly) and let the seasoned pros be just that, professionals.Punishing is a fragile word.

Unlawful Detainer has been served. 

For example, the most common punishment for non-compliance is a fine of $500 to $1,500 per unsolicited message.

Period.If a person commits fraud then they should be punished. 

From there, it's already too late for the urgent stuff, and you'll need to chalk that up to a hard lesson learned about due diligence up front; trying to sell a property with urgent deferred maintenance is most likely going to punish you.