If the continuing maintenance and repairs are more than you can afford and make the property cash-flow negative, I would sell and hope that the repairs I made and the appreciation would earn me some profit.

If the landlord was aware of his past, yet rented to him anyway - any lawyer worth their salt would make a nexus between those two pieces of information and create a liability claim.In addition to the extreme negative press you would get, it also takes time, money and energy to defend a lawsuit you will eventually win.

@Grace Hartman I don't mean this in a negative way but you're in this situation due to lack of experience, terribly high contractor quotes, or a combination.

From the homes we manage here in Central Florida any benefit of your utility bill is negated by the financing of the panels.

There are a lot of opportunities to keep it full while negating the full time management/customer service aspect.

but yes, if you tell someone not to finance 110% of a purchase you are told that you are being 'negative.'

Since you’re eligible for the capital gains exclusion, selling now would let you cash in on the $200K appreciation tax-free, avoid ongoing negative cash flow, and put the profits to work in cash-flowing investments closer to you.

I didn’t respond to your negative post to win an argument—I replied to encourage him and others not to give up on a dream just because one person may feel it’s not achievable.Listen, have you ever considered that maybe you and even a few others may be wrong?

I would be inclined to not hold on to a cash flow negative property, I see our costs only going up. 

Check with the housing office on base.If the property is negative cash flow, then you need to decide if that still makes sense.