If you didn't pick a tool that quite obviously works because of a factor completely unrelated to the effectiveness of the product, my course can't help you, ..

REIAs are a business and they need guest speakers who 95% of the time have something or service to sell.. informal meetups are a waste of time in my mind hate them.. boring.

By the time an Inspector shuts down a project, and the homeowner goes to court/city/judge/whatever.....there is wasted time and money.As we all agree, just get a permit (if it is required) and do things right. :-) Even if you win the war, loosing the battle can easily wipe out all your profits and more.Think about that recent CA AirBnB case where the lady was in the guest house for almost 2 years with no rent?  

I'm always looking for ways to provide value to my tenants while making our rental properties stand out & this seems like an innovative (and cost effective!)

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Take control, right the ship best as possible and then effect what liquidating event is best possible to recoup as much capital as possible.     

Their personal problem does not effect your contract in any way.

I would start a water line replcement business make far more money doing that than we would owing rentals :) On a related subject you have the waste lines that were clay etc.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

I wouldn't waste your time with that on Zillow.