I enjoy helping Bigger Pockets members and teahing all the loopholes I have found out over the last 18+ years!

I enjoy helping investors and other BP members avoid this very thing you just suffered. 

Thank you @Dave Foster I look forward to my new venture and investing in real estate hoping to achieve financial freedom and enjoy my life with my kids and my beautiful wife that has a terrible debilitating autoimmune disease.

Enjoy live music, explore the festive Village, and capture magical memories with endless photo opportunities.

In that case I write off the lost rent as cost of doing business, but I prefer that to the expense and hassle of an eviction, which typically ends up costing us more and takes longer, even though Milwaukee is still pretty landlord-friendly.I have also done cash for keys, but typically very conditional. 

Fees should be clearly stated in writing, easy to understand, and justifiable.

I do not know him, but the path he is leading you is a difficult path    Note difficult does not imply impossible; there are people who are successful with S8 housing    In my area s8 is so undesirable that they write laws trying to make it challenging to not allow S8 tenants.  

This tenant is violating the lease, and compromising the peaceable enjoyment of their neighbors' homes. 

But really enjoy busting the clays.

This means you'll want to "write off" expenses related to a property you have in service because if those expenses don't benefit you this year they could in the future once you sell the property.We can get into a lot more details with the "if" "and" or "buts" BUT I think this would be the "simplest" answer without diving into your specific situation here.I hope this helps!