However a continual pattern of such can be enough.  

Criticizing others for their failure to do the same provides them self-justification for their confirmation bias.This is a common behavior pattern to justify many debatable decisions people make in life.

I was the HML he never came into title. but got paid on the hud.State put him out of business. when he got in a fight with a client who filed a complaint.. he actually ended up getting arrested because he did it again.So for him to continue I would charge him a transaction fee to put him into title then 2 or 3 days later the LA turnkey buyer would buy from him. and he got paid as the seller ... that worked perfect we did probably 50 to 75 of those.. until he fell back into his pattern of taking fee's on properties he did not own.. this was as stated Mississippi so that's two states. 

It would be interesting to do an analysis on the 10-20 year return pattern of cashing out a portion of your funds, pay the tax and invest in potentially better performing assets vs the REIT returns. 

@Tom GimerundefinedYour fact pattern states the owner purchased solar equipment.

To address them:-File format is JPEG, same with all of my photos-Tried resizing, filters, contrast; clearing image cache & cookies on laptop; uploading from mobile app (which would negate the previous); deleting the other bathroom photo that has the same tile pattern so it doesn't think it's a double (but otherwise looks very different) . . .

It is a tough market all around @Chris Allen.We are in a holding pattern for our next place waiting to see where interest rates land this year.I am still poking to see what's out there, but overall, nothing nets positive at this time.

I use patterned ones that look like granite or marble or quartz or similar so that stains and minor scratches don't show, and don't use a shiny surface - use as close to matte as possible - and light colors. 

I truthfully don't see a great deal of negotiation leverage as this building is the norm  rather than an outlier fact pattern.

Based on your fact pattern (was a personal residence first and then a rental, not vice versa) I think you might be looking better.