To my understanding in real estate law  a person cannot stop paying arbitrarily because of issues  if they are residing in the property they still should pay in lieu of findings from a court etc  if they have not paid you  for your monthly rent  then your recourse is to evict them . of course going to the legal process which unfortunately take some time  if you  PM me  I will send you the statue that you can show to them that hopefully  causes them to continually pay  it would be different if you were a  bad landlord and wasn't trying to take care of the property  they should see that you are remedy the situation it sounds to me that they are just trying to take advantage of the situation or honestly believe that they are in the right

I thought of getting a CCIM designation but what stopped me is that I would need 20 deals or so in Commercial to become  CCIM certfied ( at least that is what I read 1 year ago ) -     Anyway I will keep on investigating on search for commercial properties.   

After I knocked all the snow off, the roof stopped leaking. 

Stop the presses!

I am interested in joint-ventures as well.

Congrats on your success and future ventures. 

Oh since I've found BP I cant stop reading the blogs marketplace and the alerts i have set.

I tell little girls just how adorable they are; I hold the door for my elders, & always let them go ahead of me (even when they take their time); & I stop to let cars out in traffic, allow people the right of way in crosswalks, & politely wave when everyone else beeps at me in appreciation ;0)To say the least some of my ways are a bone of contention for most of my Mass friends that explain to me (over, & over, & over) that my "friendliness" gives off the wrong impression ;0).

You can't really stop him from breaking the lease (that's why I tell people to rent...they are not wasting money, they are buying flexibility), but unless he is military and being transferred breaking the lease is breaking the contract.  

You may need a larger down payment or a lower purchase price to make it work.Do a worst case analysis: what's the ROI if  you go all cash - - it that doesn't work, then abort and stop fussing as it would never pan out.