So say your friend purchased for 100k and the home is currently valued at 130k; his remaining loan amount must hit 80k and must be 5 years old before he can get the PMI dropped.

Offer to put back your microwave and if they don't like that one they can choose to use their own, but the terms remain the same.  

Regulation and compliance should certainly remain high on the list to study as there is no use in building a business and then losing it to regulatory oversights on the part of the investor. 

Here's what you'd probably have to go thru:Either:1) get a judgment for unpaid rent, record your abstract and then levy on car2) if vehicle remains on property for period of time, charge daily storage fee and use State DMV steps to seize and sell for unpaid storage charges.The latter is what towing companies and parking lot operators do to liquidate unclaimed assets. 

Of the several houses  one of them burn down,  another one was sold on land contract without my knowledge and created a major legal issue, and another remains vacant.

If any outstanding balances remain as of the 7th, a Notice to Vacate is served.    

Water in toledo is actually the larger issue- it must remain in the owned name and with tenants being billed every third month means they never make a partial payment and ignore the $150 bill that comes every three months.

Any payments on the balance remaining from the original loan must be                  included in the debt-to-income ratio calculation for the refinance transaction.                 

I expected to see it for sale after he started getting violations, but he arranged to have the bare minimum work done and it remains vacant waiting for the next violation to come his way. 

If I'm envisioning what you're saying correctly, you're damping down/off one or two zones to add more air volume to the remaining zone(s).