Case in point, I have personally seen investors lose hundreds of thousands of dollars due to tenant litigation for things unknown to the average investor that any good property manager would have raised a red flag on.Above and beyond searching for objective online reviews, checking BBB and doing your due diligence with respect to client references, I also recommend hiring a PM company that is a member of NARPM.

Even though the title insurance company I worked for would cover the cost of the litigation it would cost the insured much in the way of time, once started litigation can take years. 

If you would like to take some time and educate yourself more and have a more civil dialog, I'd be happy to do that. 

https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd...Which is exactly the opposite of your definition.  

They can't require cash (unless the tenant wrote a bad check, and then only for 3 months):https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1267/id/1390431You have to scroll down to see where the bill was approved by a majority, to add the section that says a landlord must include in the rental agreement, the name and address of who the tenant can mail rent payment to.It's California Civil Code Section 1962(a)(2)(B):(B) The rental agreement or lease shall disclose a name andaddress to which the rent may be tendered by mail.So, in CA, the ability to require your tenants to pay by electronic transfer was short-lived.

Yikes on living in Litigation Central :-)

I would say though that in a civil court the perception is what matters.

Litigating is expensive and few are willing to do it.

(Even if they did arrest her on criminal charges - those are criminal charges, and not civil charges that will get her evicted). 

For instance, OJ Simpson was not found to be guilty of a crime in criminal court, but Nicole's family successfully sued him in civil court for torts the jury found him to be liable for.