Since you are so new, you should get yourself a good eviction attorney; I suspect that this tenant knows the game they are playing better than you do ...Andy - Steve gave you the best and simplest advice (not discounting any of the other responses).

However, a limited partnership might be an answer, but seems to not hold as the simplest...???

The simplest citation process includes notifying owners, giving the owner time to complete the repairs, and then a re-inspection.

However if you are just paying interest, it may be simplest to just set up a loan.

iFunding has the simplest business model IMO and is working under 506(c).Fundrise seems to have the biggest network thus far, but their documents are pretty complicated and their business model is hard to understand.

@DJ Porter in simplest terms, private lenders (PML) are your friends, family, and personal acquaintances who will loan to you at 12% or lower.

My simplest option is to just redo the sheeting, obviously.

best and simplest ways is to search county/city property appraiser or tax records. 

As I stated before, wholesaling is the simplest form of real estate investing.

In my experience as a PM for over 10 years ( and I hate wasting time ) every landlord should set out a Auto Response that is very simple stating that the application is not approved and thankyou for your time.