If they failed to pay the bill and utilities are shut off, they are responsible for any damages caused.

Urged them to make a withdrawal and pay the tax penalty because this program, training, education will change their life.

That is what we thought, but are being told we have to pay SS and medicare on this now even though it is "deferred." 

@Helena Lee, I do not have experience with it, BUT I would expect to pay capital gains on the bitcoin. 

Having to go see a piece and pay for transport makes used less attractive. 

However, chances of making a mistake or overlooking an opportunity to save are higher when it comes to rentals.The dilemma is whether it's worth paying a professional in this case.

So I did not pay extra for it, but chose it anyway over other places.

You could also use a listing-only service from a brokerage where you'd pay them $200-$300 to list it on the MLS, and you/your team would take all incoming calls from interested buyers, but it's a bit slimy since the seller may see it listed on the market when you appeared to be buying it.That would be the maximum value-capture of your off-market lead machine.

Quote from @John Mason: If you are wanting to get ahead I would pay the  100 usd on fiverr and get it done and  then go to next  step  in  your journey and then learn the way to do it on the side so that you do not lose time..hope I made sense I do that now.

It seems more your fault for choosing the "lying" contractors from the tenants point of view, if you ask them to pay up, I'm sure they would.