I have a strong suspicion that your arrangement with your partners has not been clearly defined and all your partnership returns and K-1s were prepared wrong for all these years.The correct approach is to let a very experienced accountant review ALL your partnership returns and then suggest to either redo all of them or somehow compensate for the old errors.

I'm involved in many aspects of real estate. 

The control aspect featured in this original article is absolutely true.

However, most put off the most important aspect of Asset Protection / Wealth Preservation.

That said, getting the full benefit of a VA requires at least the following:A well-trained VA whose work style complements your ownClearly defined tasks that either lead directly to revenue or free up your time so that you can focus on revenueYour willingness to let the VA do their job without micromanaging or second-guessing them

Most of the 4 units are generating a substantial amount of income ($45-60,000), and there are defined limits on the income the property can have in addition to the income you have as a borrower.

All states have the same inside protection, however the outside protection varies greatly.If some of properties are in states that do not offer good outside protection (ie charging order not being the sole remedy), you will then create a holding LLC in a state that has this great outside protection; This LLC will then own all the sub LLCs.Another aspect also is that some states offer anonymity adding another layer of protection.

SFH is no easier to manage than a multi and in may aspects more difficult.

Period.In AZ, the Arizona Landlord Tenant Act defines how to proceed in this situation.

They may be breaching some aspect of the lease and you can evict or at least threaten to evict for breach of lease.