But having kids, abandoning them, and expecting the social safety net to pick up the slack...we have to work to eradicate that attitude in our society.

Better yet, if you have receipts of all of the remodel that you did then you should be able to provide that to the cost segregation expert and they should be able to provide you with the amount of the $299,000 that you/your business "abandoned" (assuming you removed anything from the property that you purchased during your remodel) and should be able to write off of the original investment (seriously a massive write off in some cases..like if you ripped out bathrooms and refloored the house or new windows or whatever...your tax accountant will know more).

She's looking and we're looking... with the address, she tracks down how to buy the property... we are considering distressed properties, abandoned homes, bank owned or those owned by tired landlords.

I remember seeing an abandoned real estate project there (small bungalows overlooking that beautiful blue ocean) and fantasizing about what it might be like to take that project over and live there year round.

I used to work abandoned properties and found out it is really not that unusual for past due mortgages to go unpaid for years or decades without foreclosure.  

Here is that form:RETURN OF POSSESSION & REFUNDS[Your name, address and phone number goes here]Tenant: ____________________________________________________________Rental Unit Address: _________________________________________________The tenant returned possession of the premises (as stated above) to the landlord on the date of ____________________ and attests that they have returned ALL sets of keys to the landlord.The tenant attests they have removed from the property all personal belongings.If anything was left by the tenant and later found, it shall be stored and/or disposed of by the landlord as per law.Security Deposit:As per agreement and as required by law [cite the law for your jurisdiction here] [ours states: within fourteen (14) days after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the premises or the landlord’s learning that the property has been abandoned, the landlord shall mail to the tenant’s last known address a full and specific statement of the basis for retaining any of the deposit together with the payment of the refund due the tenant under the terms and conditions of the rental agreement.]The tenant paid a security deposit of ___________, which will be considered for this purpose.New address provided by tenant: _________________________________________________________________________________Telephone provided by tenant: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________Landlord Signature, DateTenant Signature, Date

What we're afraid of is she'll abandon her duties to clean up the grow facility and it will take a considerable amount of time to fix it up ourselves.  

I told this IDIOT I had just gotten off the phone with the Police and they were literally waiting around the corner, to let me know when you show up and that I would have him arrested for mail theft since they abandoned the property under WA law in writing....Then he claimed that I told them I promised them all of their money back.

I also reserve my rights to have no subletting, as well as the right to consider the house abandoned if it is left empty for more than 30 days.

Now what you should have done was post a notice of abandonment on their door when they did move out, wait the allotted time, and then change the locks/clean.