Scranton seemed to slightly cash flow but the rent in those other areas did not seem to support the investment.Thank you Robert for your information, it's nice to hear that you didn't had a bad experience with Scranton.

Things have gone from bad to worse.  

And if you are going to ultimately just disable the account, then skip the fine altogether as it sends a bad message to the community. 

You might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processes

Just drive by and it doesn't look all that bad. 

It's not a bad idea to use equity to pay off high interest debt but I wouldn't pull cash just to put it an account if you don't really need it for anything right now. 

I've seen Pace call out bad actors on Zooms and help make things right.

Sort of same situation but the home was not in that bad of shape. 

Not a bad thing but it just takes time. :) 

The website 51west.properties also scores low on scam advisor ("owner is using a service to hide their identity, high number of suspicious websites on the server, registrar has a high % of spammers and fraud sites, website is (very) young, website appears to be hosted by a company with a bad reputation", all according to https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/51west.properties...)Trust your instincts.