There are a lot of scammers in this space, especially if this is a company you’ve only communicated with online and have never met in person.There are a few posts on this topic on BP, but here’s one of the better ones in my opinion (see the response in this thread from Jeff):Private Money Lender - How to Qualify the Lender?

She's using this situation as an excuse to not pay and not communicate since she is currently working. 

I have a California condo with a tenant who has been great and communicative for 3 years.

Which means mostly, communicating. 

@Brett McManus - I have been communicating with a Real Estate agent in my target market.

I currently manage my portfolio in house but I have communicated with multiple PM companies and conducted substantial research on the topic to help gauge the amount of work required to form a company that could help offset PM costs and potentially create another income stream that could then be used to purchase additional properties.From 2013-2018 I was co-owner of a real estate development company that built spec homes from the ground up.

into insanity me as a small time landlord, 5 doors, is getting absolutely killed. 2/5 of my tenants aren’t paying or even attempting to communicate anymore because they KNOW I have zero recourse.

Initially there was good communication in the early stages of the planned full renovation.

It's just like anything, good communication and planning upfront before something happens will make it seem easy.Here's my first intro to a death in a unit...When I first got into multi-family in about 1993 (I was all of 19 at the time), my first two six-plexes were next door to each other, and I had a great family in one unit.

The biggest thing you would want as an owner is communication.