Its more than the $4,000 for small claims court.

If you switch the property to personal use as a vacation home, you would no longer be eligible to claim rental-related tax deductions, including depreciation.

But I rather not have to deal with small claims directly.  

Having this belief, at the MTR summit there were multiple people claiming to be crushing it via arbitrage but not one of them claimed it was very passiveSeller financing can present an opportunity but what often happens, espicially if on the MLS, is the property sells at near retail taking into account the financing.  

I mean, I’m not gonna run the hills and cities claiming it’s validity however I wouldn’t give it one star.

The situation you’re referring to now is a lawsuit claim, not a judgment.  

I found 80 units / $5M / 95% occupancy / 6.11% cap (claim) / $305K NOI / also included in the listing is comps stating we can get an extra $200+/ month. 

Try small claims court, but I doubt you'll see any of it.

He claims that "it's not fair" since I didn't pay for the back part of the side fence. 

You claim your child as your dependent one year, then you don't, and then you claim her again.