Now, if i was a jerk, I could not pay the mortgage and this would further destroy the credit of the seller because their name is still associated with the mortgage payments.

If you don't, you'll never have a larger portfolio because the expenses will destroy you.

As long as they did not destroy the place, I would move on.

In all things business you have to ask the question: where am I creating / destroying value?

My guess is that it will be a virtual slap on the wallet compared to the lives they destroyed with the crimes they commited.

Also, like mentioned earlier, the HOA fees on these buildings are very high and vacancies can destroy your cash flow if not done correctly. 

Divorce--even if it's in their best interest, they would rather make their ex-suffer by destroying eachother, 4.

But instead of destroying my business, by overcoming and working through those extremely challenging and financially risky situations, my business was catapulted to a whole new level in a relatively short amount of time.

Then you'll be fixing the drywall that you destroyed in your own home vs. the drywall that a tenant destroyed in one of your rentals...

If you're getting $600/mo and of that $100/mo cash flow just the placement fee of 1 mo rent will destroy 6 months of profit.