No shoes, no discarded clothes you wore for the day, nothing. 

Now for the ones that they think how the dispute process work by going to these credit boards and listen to them telling everyone how to commit fraud to be careful you never know who you are responding to and now when you have to walk in my shoes for many years behind the scenes, please step forward if you can help, or if you need help.Kyle I hope this answer your question.Joe Gore

When they came for the showing, she had her sons take off their shoes when they entered the house.

May need to be made crystal clear to the listing agent that they are not to be negotiating a deal with the buyer.Keep in mind that I'm not in your shoes and neither me nor anyone else here fully understand this situation.

The OP made another statement, that if they payoff the first they willown the property, true if at foreclosure and you release the second, but by buying the second that does not put you in the shoes of the owner, you are a lender, a note holder.

I just put myself in the tenants shoes and ask myself if I would be comfortable with the condition the carpet is in.

You've tried it the "soft shoe" way, now, slam her head in the door and get your property back.

But only to support some of the advise in this thread to start with a few properties which may not need much if any maintenance to wet your beak, that do not require that you bring a set of skills that you may not yet have.There are so many people here who have been in the same shoes you are in and had a lot of success, listen to them on the podcast and read their blog post, I think you will be satisfied.  

If I were in your shoes, I might tell the tenant that I expect the tenant to pay the contractor's bill or that you might need to make some major changes at the end of their lease.

In my rental agreement, it will state no shoes on the carpet if that means anything.