My bet in MA is that you won't get a judge to agree to more then a month if this went to court.

The court refused to dismissed the suit against him personally as litigants has the grounds to go after him.I'm a little concerned, check with my attorney and my insurance agent who had me buy liability insurance for myself besides the LLC.

In the end he, I’m sure with her knowledge embezzled tens of thousands of dollars then they refused to dissolve the partnership and we had to go to court to settle the matter.

Once I "exhaust" my list in that nothing "new" appears off-market, I'll move to the neighboring towns and so on.

Keep in mind, they have not been convicted in a court of law and these are only allegations at this point.

It could still obviously work, but given the other problems you are having, there appears to be bigger issues.

If it does go to court, you can have the attorney add in legal fees to the suit.I am not an attorney, but work with one often for evictions and other things.

A Court order would be required.

The tenant is contesting it in court though, may apply for state assistance, etc and it is going slow.

2 - I've reviewed the lease agreements and it appears that the landlord is paying for all utilities.