SO, YA WANNA BE A LANDLORD! HUH???

 Sold a duplex to a client, an ambitious young man looking to invest some hard earned money.  Deal closed on Dec. 20.  My client is working 2,500 miles away in the oil patch in Alberta (miles from civilization, 50 degrees below zero, works 12-18 hour days, 7 days a week for 3 weeks, then gets 2 weeks off).  

• Calls on Dec 29 and asks me if I would go to property because tenant that was supposed to already be in the property can't get in, can I pick up keys from the lawyer to let him in?  Yeah, sure, no problem.  Get there, new tenant can't get in because old tenant  (supposed to be gone 2 weeks before) is still living there and won't leave.  After much ado, old tenant agrees to go that night or next morning, waiting for movers. 
• New tenant moves in but doesn't have the balance of the rent money that he was supposed to give me.  Said he'd have it on the first (New Years Day?).  Call owner, says okay.  
• Go back on second, nope, doesn't have the money, neither does the other tenant.  OOPS!  Promises to have it in couple of weeks (I can tell he's lying, bad eye contact).  
• New owner doesn't know what to do, won't be back for a few days.  I tell him serve N4 Notice on both.  
• Also, owner needs to get electrical work done to remove knob and tube wiring, first floor tenant says he won't allow electricians in.  I tell owner to issue N5 Notice.  Tenants are yelling blue murder now!  
• Also find out first floor tenant hasn't paid last month's rent as we were told.  Told owner to get his lawyer to sue seller.  
• Owner is back in town by now.  
• New tenant on 2nd floor finds bed-bugs!  Has sample in freezer.  I tell owner to call Good Shepherd (they apparently have become bed-bug experts because of the homeless shelters, so to raise money will do inspections and offer advice).  
• Owner goes back to work in Alberta.  
• Calls Saturday, could I stop by the property Monday after 5 to see if the new tenant is still there?  He got a call from the tenant's girlfriend (room-mate) to say she was moving out because he was going to kill her?  Can't get tenant to call him back.  
• Also, while I'm there, would I stop in at the other tenant's and collect whatever money he has?