If the investor took possession unlawfully, then the redeeming party can claim the investor is not entitled to any payment at all for improvements.Even with an agreement by the referees, the redeeming party can claim the tax sale was void and the investor is not entitled to be paid at all.Referees exist to come up with a value for claimed improvements.

Texas makes an exception to Unlawful Practice of Law for CPAs that covers entity formation, but there are lots of considerations besides tax that they get wrong.With Zoom, most are going with remote representation.

Adus take a special builder that is a sucker for punishment by the city and the tight confines of the urban environment.  

Don't just do it to punish them. 

All of those conditions must be true for a lease to be bonafide in a foreclosure action and subsequent unlawful detainer.

A landlord found guilty of refusing to rent based on source of income would be guilty of a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. 

A violation is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and $250k in fines. 

None, yet we are legally compelled by threat of significant punishment by the state to provide ongoing services to nonpaying tenants while we burn our life savings paying for property taxes, mortgage, maintenance, insurance, etc etc.  

If your area doesn't punish converted garages but rather extends the value of the original sqaure footage of the home directly to the converted garage space, that can be a great play. 

They are acknowledging use of the deposit for rent or partial rent and this way you have proof and they can't claim you kept the deposit unlawfully later.