Something about it more and more gets on my fighting side.Why do dog owners leave it laying around all the time?

After seeing it for a planning process, I'm absolutely certain that if I tried to change my zoning from sfr/duplex (the current designation) to a triplex designation, I would have to fight my neighbors tooth and toenail.

More "who you know" type deals than fighting out other investors on the MLS.

Why would you even fight that fight?

He said he is going to tell everything to whatever agent I choose to use to represent me, "really fight for it" ( I don't know what he wants to fight here) and said he documented everything that he showed me about the house. .....

While you are doing that, be sure to check over market rents or have your PM company do that and see if you can get a little higher rent.It's not worth fighting to keep a tenant in there that you don't want.

And I would imagine nobody wants to fight over a kept deposit.

Accredited investors are or should be required, few small offices can accomplish that now and the structure needs to be compliant.Where brokers or even partners get in trouble is assigning collateral to a group to secure the funds, someone will be last to recover thier money and if there are insufficient funds, they or someone will lose.As a broker, you really need to be in a position to take any investor out of a deal, you also need to be able to take out the small investors who lack experience as they yell the loudest and it makes an attorney fight harder for the one at a disadvantage.

Am I about to fight an uphill battle or is it normally just like any other eviction?

At the very least if this is pursued you should bring in a local investor partner that has experience in ground up development to give yourself a fighting chance.There are calculated risks and then insane risks.Let's keep the content and discussion respectful on here without throwing labels around.