They hear "eviction" "late rent" and "property damage" and think we're gluttons for punishment. 

Remember that folks may smoke or worse in your house unless you communicate the policy and punishments up front.5.

Charlie LeDuff is a total celebrity around here, and for good reason -- he does amazing stuff.Michigan recently passed a few laws meant to expedite evictions and increase punishments for squatters.

@Wayne Brooks    I need to get tougher skin, i don't want to punish the buyer for hiring a bad lender, i suppose i might want to redirect that to the agent since it's maybe more their fault.    

That seems to be punishing the landlord for what the tenant has done.

I guess it would be a good thing I know the coach and could easily make them suffer by running or any other punishment.

I'm not an attorney, but I would assume that ignoring a court order is punishable by the courts.  

Being underleveraged is a bad thing in the corporate world, analysts and shareholders will punish a company for not beeing leveraged properly.

You definitely can't punish them by keeping money that isn't yours.  

Well, if the Saudis keeps prices low in order to "punish" Russia for its positioning in the Middle East, the cost of oil will remain so low that it won't be worthwhile to continue fracking.