I am not a marriage councilor, a quick cash business, bank, humane society etc etc.I say all this to make the point------- Have a lease    Stick to it       Be firm     Don't make concessions     It's an agreement/contract       Hold them accountable     They are an adult      Don't accept a reduced rent because you feel bad for them - this is a business not a charity.Because you accepted some sort of payment of rent you may not be able to count this month as violating the lease on the rent amount - you will have to check state and local laws.On the pet provision that was broken, you should be able to give them a 30 day vacate notice for violating the lease agreement.

When we spend massive amounts of public (or printed) money on huge infrastructure projects of marginal value and financing huge corporations at obscenely low rates while charging small businesses a huge risk premium, society at large suffers. 

There are many people who are to blame.I completely agree with the interest rate/cash flow analysis (which means that if a person gets a 5% fixed 30 year direct am now, they can watch their property values fall in half, but if the rates go to 10%, the cash flows the same.)This is an example of the decline of personal accountability in our society.

As a teacher I give back to society and as a landlord I want to continue to provide for others.  

You can also "pack em in" which can often be seen as an advantage for you, not so much for them.I think I've made it pretty clear that tenants are not always the bottom feeders of society, many are great folks and just choose to live cheaper. :)

. ;-)Below is the American Temperament Test Society's rankings and finds one of the Pit breeds (Staffordshire Bull Terrier) to be in the 90th percentile.

However, you are correct that a small percentage of properly screened tenants and a large percentage of low income applicants are the dregs of society.

In modern society you absolutely should not have people in crippling medical debt unable to dig themselves out, no matter your income and background.

That said, a market shift, well of course but that was happening pre-covid-19 and it just appears that most don't bother to have read about the shift to a predominantly renter based society underway, on pace to flip the numbers to 60/40 renters over homeowners vs the reversed historic average (yeah, thought I was just a pretty face huh).

Perhaps he will eventually become a useful member of society and need to improve his credit score.Do NOT do cash for keys.