But you're probably left with a tenant that will again, in the future, stop paying rent. 

The better question is: "What kind of job am I pursuing that makes me want to stop doing it by age 40?"

If the topic completely stops here, use 12 months as your hard and fast rule, as I have used this in multiple states and never heard of anything over 12 months.To go a bit further, let's say you wanted to use the VA loan again and again (my strategy).

People stopped using lead paint 50 years ago so it's unlikely anyone would know.Even if you know lead paint is present, you aren't required to remove it.

I stopped mailing and kept calling and what I am seeing is that there will be a 2-3 month delay on seller readiness off-market, but then there will be all the deals we want.

If the records show that the tenant was paying but stopped paying after the lockdown then I'd send a series of communications to the tenant that hopefully they respond to.

Through Owner financing I may keep the down payment + the interest One advantage to lease option is if the tenant stops paying, you evict them and they sacrifice their non refundable deposit. 

He has already caused a lot of issues for us in the few weeks we have closed on the property including calling the city to stop work, yelling at our contractors for parking in front of our house (their car had gone a tiny bit in front of the neighbor's driveway), etc.

I can’t stop reading!

Will have to raise some private funds, either as pure debt or equity, in order to get larger & multiple deals done but that amount can still take you a long ways.