He's going to screw up like this again and again, and the way these things go, most of the burden of dealing with it is usually going to be on you.As far as him ever taking you to court over this and winning -- this is not the sort of dispute between adults any sort of magistrate feels should ever end up in court.

@Constance Kang  the first set up team are usually paid Hollywood actors. 

They claim to furnish properties for 2-3 times the usual monthly rent with the help of their "designer team" , but the actual costs are 5-7 times higher.

Speed and cost/tax-efficiency are usually mutually exclusive.  

We have done this for over a year now and this strategy has gone really well.We are very experienced in the STR space and understand that getting bookings is multi-faceted (ie. listing photos, reviews, amenities, PRICING, description, seasonality, etc).

these deals aren't on Zillow - they're usually off market.

2) How are your listing photos and marketing description?

The current owner is usually not be very inclined to give the news to the tenant out of concern that the deal does not close and they have to deal with the vacancy.

., as well as most countries require the settlor to give up control and benefit of the asset in question for the “asset protection” aspect to be legally effective, some countries (usually very small countries) have laws for trusts that theoretically allow some control (or at least input) of the assets by the settlor while still maintaining the asset protection feature.  

BTW, I have a 2 decade long Facebook profile and hundreds of "friends" something you don't usually see with scammers (new profiles created with very few friends).