Does anyone have any advice for this situation?

Was there a way to do this myself online which would have worked better?  

Anybody ever had to deal with this?

Has anyone had recent experience in this or recently seen the numbers on which is more cost effective?

As a landlord, what is the best approach to handle this case?

I am researching a market to jump in and purchase some rental properties for buy and hold out of state.

I have a tenant who moved into my rental in California in Feb this year.

They're a safer play in this market.

with the market flat, contractors booked up, materials expensive and tremendous competition for deals it is very, very difficult for a new investor at this time.i've used hard money and also bought with cash and then financed the rehab.

His message was quite simple: Until you've been humbled, you have not figured out this business.