I assume you have on your lease that they are responsible for keeping up with utilities so I would think that could be grounds for failing to follow the lease. 

Scale or fail the idea.

Hello everyone,I recently tried to do a cash-out refi for my first property which is owner-occupied in Brockton MA. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned my appraisal came in much lower than I expected. Does any...

If you're going to "give wholesaling a try" or "consider it" then you're probably going to fail. 

Auction Site #2: single family, 1955 build, 3 bed, 1 bath, 980 sq feet - I expect the bank to buy this back for $180,000+, this was a previous short sale that failed to sell; I will keep an eye on it. 

You have little or no control over whether they hoard cash and let the community fall apart, hire the HOA president's brother to paint the buildings pink, raise the HOA fees to the point where you are cash flow negative,  lower the HOA fees to the point where the HOA goes broke, or fail to treat a termite infestation or cut the grass.2.

If the tenant violates the lease or fails to pay, there are no eviction protections built into Fair Housing Laws, per se. 

A smart clause in the Operating Agreement would be to have a Quit Claim Deed held in escrow by an attorney or title company, that would transfer the deed back to the partner if you failed to perform or you died.NOTE: transferring the deed to an LLC may be considered a violation of the due on sale clause of most residential mortgages.

Due to my high debt and currently low income I've continued to fail and fail.

This is one part of why long distance investing oftentimes fails.