The tenant may have been accused of a crime, but has not had her day in court.

@Sam Fivey,In there's verbiage in his lease or some other document to support his claim, it should be enforceable in court.

along with anything you may think Is secret has probably been done 100s of times before by many others.I know I wrestled with this when I was buying court house steps foreclosures and some one comes up and wants me to tell me all about it.. at that point your right I worked my butt off to get to the point I could do this..

Correct :)  Note that also you do not need to file for probate or seek court approval as I understand. 

I missed the court date and judgement was awarded to landlord, rightfully so.  

@Tony CastronovoMy guess is that you would lose in small claims court. 

But dealing with habitability issues in court can be a headache.As for the notice to quit, I would do a proper notice on your end.

And as a landlord sounds easy enough, assume as much as possible the repairs as possible to avoid issues, but as a tenant investor acquiring the property to lease option under the seller, I'm still trying to figure out how to take responsibility for managing it for the seller, who presumably doesn't want to be an active managing landlord paying for repairs, but doesn't want to find themselves in the aforementioned court situation, which...

Mojo has a reverse prospecting function that is $25/month.

Hard money, at least in my side of the court, will not require any tax returns, income verification, or DTI restrictions.