Put another way, an incompetent sponsor can ruin a great deal, but a great sponsor can 't turn a ruinous deal into a home run. 

It’s been 5 months and She hasn’t paid any money and constantly ruins the peace of the house.

Also when issues happen from cutting corners it will come back to who did the work and once again it will ruin your name and business name. 

The recession ruined it for almost everyone.....

He has cancer in his spine that 6 months ago caused him to be pAralyzed from hips down.

I think it important to note that you should not cut corners on your improvements, the better you complete them the more compelled your tenants will be to stay longer as well.So critical to note, a poor "bad" tenant can ruin everything and more, this is a hyper important element that must not be taken lightly, you do not just want to place a tenant you want to place a high quality tenant.

We found out indirectly through Facebook that last week she passed away from cancer.

It's not an entirely unselfish ethical issue I have.A bit of story for you both: The couple sounds like they have a crooked lawyer, who was working with their mother on her assets and will before she died from cancer (or while)-:. 

I got your tax reform right here:"https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/republic...If true, let me be the first to sarcastically say, "Thanks for ruining our industry." 

It all Sounded great, and I hear everything you guys are saying, however, I will do my own research because, I know that if someone is doing this, and it is good, they resent this guy for advertising it, because it'll kill the business. ( I used to buy tax liens for 18% returns, now they're actually bid down to 4-6% because of the large number of novices who read its a great investment and ruined the whole thing. ) I guess, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is", is a good thing to remember...