I was ordered to remove the unit, which I used as a home office, and the expeditor who handled the project had the order reversed, and the apartment was converted to an office by removing a bathtub, and a stove and refrigerator in the kitchen.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

The City has told me that the sign has been scheduled to be removed and that they will not allow any new signage on the road.

To me the quadplex would be dual purpose, while you are not living there it serves as a reliable stream of income, once you move there, you could live in 1 of the units while you build your permanent home, and you could also use it for when your family comes over for large gatherings.A 2nd option might be to build an RV park, Unless their are zoning restrictions, you should be able to build one fairly inexpensive, with a septic system and either public water or a well, you can keep your costs to a minimum by doing gravel roads, which are easier to remove later if you don't want them. 

Lending would cease over night and government bailouts would commence.In my area of NE Ohio we are considered disaster free and generally we do not have any of the catastrophic issues that other parts of the country do... welp until last week when three tornados rampaged across three counties ripping down trees, power lines, roofs, siding, and putting over 500k people without power for a week - some still don't have power nor will they until all the trees are removed from the power lines. 

If your going to loose you can take a loss or re fi into 7-8 percent dscr loan and hold for 5 years or so that is what I am seeing with the prepayment.

I've played around with upping price and significantly reducing the cleaning fee and removing the grill fees but it didn't really change much.

Blue ridge is a mess, people are desperately trying to get rid of the STR's I know 2 or 3 people that bought in the last 2 years and ended up loosing 100k or so in a year.

The order clearly states she must leave or be removed from the premises because that is his address.   

Every time you do that, you loose money.