It all boils down to your contract, if it was a lumpsum, then you are out of luck, if it only said "Demo, Paint, Finish Basement -- $30,000", for sure they could call Demo 10k then the rest 20k -- hell, they could even declare that demo was 20k and 10k for the rest, and you'll owe them money.

The law does not make clear what happens at the end of 30 days, if the residents can just be removed or I will need to go to court and start the legal eviction process.

@Josh Shapiro. https://foreclosuresdaily.com/Or the courts, searching for, mortgage lawsuit, Or get a free list from your title company.

Basicity if you have not been inspected and approved to participate in Section 8 you cannot get paid for a Section 8 tenant.It puts the ball back in their court.

I am using Maryland Rent Court Services to serve the eviction notice.

A pretty good investor once said 'risk comes from not knowing what you are doing'.The problem is, it gets expensive quickly to have the courts sort out malice from mistakes.

Occupant shall have no right to remain in possession beyond the 60 day term and may be responsible for court awarded damages in the event possession is not surrendered within 60 days."

If the court house that does evictions is nearby, you could go and meet some discouraged landlords on eviction day.

If someone challenges you in court, photos help support your claim.Second I usually recommend hiring cleaning and repair work.

@Chris Witt Well, this more telling than your other post.Apparently, you Know about a foundation problem that you apparently believe to be Real.....so yeah, now you need to disclose.BTW, now you have declared to the world that you know about it, kinda of hard to pretend you didn’t, if it comes up later.