In my 15 years in real estate, I've been involved with lending and also borrowing for my deals...biggest take aways that would apply to your scenario:1.

File to collect rent owed, small claims court, and offer to drop claim in exchange for not returning deposit.If he refuses return his deposit and take him to court.

I invite you to please consider the following, from a Federal Income Tax Filing Perspective.

Is it more beneficial to pay your taxes when you file in one lump sum or do you use a payment plan in order to allow for more time to earn interest?

Even the tenants take it to the small claim court, she needs to spend at least $50 to $100 filing fee plus many of her hours.

It appears one LLC holds controls/owns the various Land Trusts you have for each property and the other is an LLC setup as a Partnership and it files like an S-Corp with pass-through to you personal return.

Active investing involves a lot of turnover in your assets, buying and selling many times a year.

No hard money involved.

For 2017 you may be able to claim more charity contribution as deduction check your filing schedule.

Since it was not their homestead property, the creditors filed judgements and attached it to the home.