@Mark Solomon forgive me for asking so many intrusive questions but are you only investing your family money?

I think this would be almost less intrusive, either way you have to get in front of them somehow. 

The extent of a landlords intrusion into a tenants life, when rent is not paid on time, is to call the tenant directly and send the pay or quite notice.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Amir B.Depends on specific situation, sometimes nothing you can do and other times will not accept and find someone else The water intrusion had to be addressed.

The only actual "solution" generally is to prevent the water from intrusion.

You could make some improvements but replacing something like cabinets is pretty intrusive/time consuming, so it might be difficult to pull off without inconveniencing your tenants.

And most trust deed investors are accredited these days since required filings (if in CA) by the issuer of the security (you) with the department of corporations for every loan involving a non-accredited trust deed investor is very time consuming and intrusive into your business inner workings.Or, you can do what many rehabbers do, hit up friends and family for 100% of the purchase and rehab, give them a 5% return (hey, that's 500% more than they can get in a bank, how can that be bad) and if the deal goes south, oh well, it's not your money.

One wanted the factory white Aluminum trim of an outbuilding painted, then they wanted the air vents for a crawl space competely sealed to prevent rodent intrusion.

Even in the best of cases section 8 should be your last business option unless you like the idea of government intrusion in the operation of your business..

There were a couple of areas where the roof leaked and this caused water intrusion issues and mold.