Sneak preview of court case

As I mentioned before, we have two apartments that are really problematic right now.  One is on a payment plan and they are doing great.  They should be completely caught up by the end of the month (fingers crossed). The others missed payments in the plan right away and are now 4 months behind on the rent.  We have a court date scheduled on Tues to evict them.  While hubby was fixing something at the property today, one of the tenants told him that the man that we are trying to evict is going to tell the court that there is a problem that we refuse to fix and that is why he is withholding the rent!   This is very frustrating, especially since hubby takes care of every single little problem immediately, and usually at great expense.  The tenant never reported the supposed problem to us.  Unfortunately, the judge has been very difficult to deal with through out the process, so we are very concerned that he will take this guy's word for it and delay the eviction.  Did I mention 4 months without rent!!!!!!!!!  The "problem" would cost all of $50 to fix.  Don't they think we would have fixed it, if it was true that the rent was withheld because of it?  Grrrr!!!!  A lot tenants get behind because of job losses, etc.  I'm not saying that they are perfect, but we have such a history of working with people to try to help them back on their feet.  The folks in this problem apartment both have good jobs, but they just will not pay the rent.  It's days like this that we feel like being total slumlords, or throwing in the towel!

The flipping properties seem to be back on track. Hubby will close on one on Tues (busy day!).  We are going over tomorrow to take a look around.  The house is not empty, so we have to figure out the best way to get rid of the stuff left behind:  dumpster, yard sale, or craigs list!  Hubby was able to negotiate a deal with the home owners association for the 2nd flipper.  They are going to waive a $2000 charge because they can't produce a receipt.  The seller has agreed to pay the rest of the amount owed.  Hopefully we will close on this property sometime next week.