The OP says he "persuaded them to be better people" but only offers up one example of urging a landlord to offer a tenant money to move which he calls a "radica

The OP says he "persuaded them to be better people" but only offers up one example of urging a landlord to offer a tenant money to move which he calls a "radical approach". OP calls it radical because he knows nothing about being a landlord or probably even owning a house. It's actually an extremely common approach, not radical it all. It's called "cash for keys" and every landlord knows about it and many of them are forced to use it, and there was probably going to be 2 or 3 people suggesting it below OPs comment. He also says incorrectly "spare you the $3k" lawsuit. What lawsuit? Filing eviction with the sheriff isn't a lawsuit. Just FUD. Just people lying on the internet and then writing a "please clap" blog post. If you want to get involved and help tenants then volunteer at a tenant's advocacy group in your state or city. These places do a lot to actually help tenants from predatory landlords.