When you lose money every tenant will suffer.

Or even to outage workers who work at the Brunswick nuclear plant across the river?

He completely rehabbed the disgusting 1960's era apartment we assigned him & plants an amazing Italian summer garden in the back 5 acres. 

Figure it out, and plant that tree now so you have a forest in 20 years. 

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. 

Certainly a great story for your immigrant friend, and a testament to what a great nation we have.Unfortunately a California investor could just as easily end up with a non paying tenant who can't be legally evicted or even a seller who refuses to vacate after closing or any other myriad of horror stories that permeate California, and suffer a devastating loss on a first investment.

TC is definitely a very plant/blue collar based city.

Otherwise, society as a whole suffers. 

I still budget to cover the condo interior, but at a much lower rate than I would otherwise.Townhouse HOA fees typically cover shared amenities: pool, clubhouse, entrance area plantings, etc.

Quote from @Michael Plante: it is going smoothly because you are letting the renters dictate your relationship Should have added late fees and filed for eviction the first month they where latePossibly could have avoided the situation you are in now 100% completely agree, moving forward that is how I will be handling these situations