Good point. Winning a judgment doesn't mean you'll get any money.

My brother rented a house to a couple that didn't pay him. He sued, then settled with them for half of what they owed. But then they still didn't pay and he had to go through collections to get the money. For him, in retrospect, he would have been better off not settling since he had to go through collections anyway and could have gotten the whole amount. He was too nice to be a landlord.