The tenant wants me to just issue a new lease without her name on it, but since they still have at least one upcoming hearing on the domestic violence/parenting arrangement, I want to keep it all above board.

If you have lawn chairs and investor/owner friends interested in South Los Angeles, please bring them =]  Please send PM me your email address and any prospective topics/questions/suggestions so I can email any meeting updates and arrange an agenda.

My tenant of 5 years has just vacated and there is much work involved such as:1- Replacing carpets2- Painting the interiors3- Replacing locks with Landlord Locks4- Replacing water heater that is 15+ years old.5- Landscape (removing/trimming trees) etc.6- Fixing light fixture7- Repair broken windows, install missing screensSecondly, I have a management company that is not very efficient in scheduling and arranging these repairs.

If you’re not able to leave a check and we’re ready to run the report, we can arrange to receive the fee via Paypal.If folks are still interested, invite them to the open house, booking ~2 groups every 15 minutes.

The only things she did was collect the rent and arrange for repairs if a tenant submitted a request.

I think you should tell me about the deal:) And then we can arrange something that makes us both happy. 

(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:(1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety;(2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition;(3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition;(4) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning fixtures and appliances, and elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;(5) When the landlord is a party to any rental agreements that cover four or more dwelling units in the same structure, provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, and arrange for their removal;(6) Supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection;(7) Not abuse the right of access conferred by division (B) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code;(8) Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, give the tenant reasonable notice of the landlord's intent to enter and enter only at reasonable times.

Choosing not to at least explore an arrangement that you'd be happy with is just bad business in my opinion. 

This kind of seems like your basic low risk sort of arrangement.

Maybe this would actually be a better arrangement after all.