Do yourself the justice of keeping terms/leases tight. 

I’m also in a social justice book club.

Was only a matter of time before virtue signaling, social justice warriors ended up on BP. 

The scenario "Systematic Counterclaim" would just not work in Texas as residential evictions are initiated at the Justice of the Peace level:-Justice of the Peace are elected officials so they have constituents to adhere to and are not bound by precedent -Any appeals require the tenants to pay rent forward until the appeal is heard

Poetic justice indeed.

If the deals were that good, I'd have NO problem getting the money to fund them.Every once in a while, justice rides into town.

Putting politics aside, this is a business and I would think a landlord would just like to keep his properties full and not fight the social justice wars.

You could have , like the Supreme Court of BP, and any involved Justice would recuse himself from personal situation.

However I am pretty sure small claims in justice courts tops out at 10k which means you will have to go to county or district court.

(unless they can overwhelm politicians with their whining - and sadly, politicians are more interested in votes than justice)Here, in the land of the free, if you don't like what your neighbor wants to do with his property, you are free to buy it or to move.