Too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, and too determined to be defeated!

If you have no experience dealing with property managers and hiring them, you may find that you will in fact have worries and responsibilities while out of the country which defeats the purpose.

It's easy to get focused on the details of the defeat and miss the big picture - that there's more opportunity out there in the marketplace and we can choose to go after it again (after recovering from our loss/shoring up our balance sheets).Appreciate the support during the challenging time.

If they record the note, that really defeats the purpose of using a land trust.

I'm not defeated, just wondering what my options are, any advice would be appreciated. 

Unfortunately, if the tenant tells them they are the owner it defeats this strategy. 

Although this has been a challenge for me it will not defeat me.

If you borrow against it you can only borrow up to 50% of the value or 50k, whichever is less and you will have to pay the loan back with after tax money, defeating the purpose of the 401k.

It would be nice to get answers to this question from people who have gone through and defeated this obstacle already!

You can start spraying regularly and urge them to clean and they will always clean to some extent and together you can defeat the bugs.