MY VALUE PROPOSITIONI'm not looking for a charity case.

They should have called the water company after the first crazy bill.You can't run your business like a charity, I've been burned that way so many times.

A contractor will fix everything that needs fixing unless told otherwise, and that's rarely appropriate unless you have unlimited funds, or are running a charity.  

It is unclear as to whether you are operating a business or a charity.

Will probably just donate it to a charity and  use the tax write off if we can't get  the lowered asking price.    

For Navy and pentagon if your not a service member you can donate to a charity and get honorary status.

I fell for the game playing and how they had all these problems, eventually all their problems turned into mine b/c I listened to their sob story.it's a business, not a charity case

@Sam LLoyd - not all the landlord specific applications out there that provide ACH are as expensive as buildium either. ;)

Chris I have a bunch of tenants and I do not give my number or allow direct deposit to my accounts.Generally if you take a partial rent when you go to court the judge will see that as you took a payment wanting to do a workout.Instead you need to send the full amount back or keep for that month and refile as option 2 stated.I make tenants pay with a cashiers check or if they have cash we write them a receipt and collect at the complex.I do not take written checks of any kind.If a tenant owes say 800 for November and say 700 and the rest in a week I will work with them usually.If they have only 200 or something like that and give a song and dance about calling a charity etc. then I immediately accept no money and give notice and file an eviction.The tenants have to know you will be hard but fare and they will not be able to manipulate you.Most tenants do not do it intentionally but are hand to mouth and if you are too nice they will pay the other bills and give you the crumbs.We had a tenant try to do a partial and we refused the money and said it if they didn't have it in 48 hrs we would be evicting.Amazingly the tenant calls 30 hrs later with the money.

I think I recall Jay DeCima mentioning it in:  Investing In Fixer-Uppers.2) Allowing the tenant to choose a charity in the area that we support on a yearly basis.