I really want to avoid that if possible but at the same time I don't want a lawyer who is just extracting unnecessary fees from me.

You must be willing to put yourself out there, talk with people, meet with them, and do your best to form meaningful relationships.

Give up on the option and walk away to something more meaningful and easier to do.

A trademark or even patent isn't meaningful until successfully defended in court.

I wrote a simple script to count the number of rentals in a city and the number of reviews each rental has .Also i extracted the average rate per night, but it was not very useful as the types of rentals vary so much..

Work with them but try to extract a concession if they are going to BLACKMAIL you.  

If you follow the "collateral" theory of lending, as I do, I make it a point to understand the asset, the liquidation value and the barriers and obstacles to collecting and maximizing yield.If you follow the "emotional equity" theory, as my buddy and author Gordon Moss does in his book, 'Performance Anxiety' then you put much faith in the ability to extract cash flow and yield from the borrower's familiar attachment to the home used as security.Yesterday I attended a conference of court-appointed receivers, who are people empowered to do such things as intercede with collecting rents, cash flows and till taps.

While the drop in crude oil prices have no doubt impacted the O&G industry, the impact was primarily on the "upstream" side the business, meaning crude oil exploration, extraction/production.

The other moral is: if you ever chunk bricks onto my fiancé’s rehab, she will follow you into hell to extract revenge.

Heck you are going to need at least 10  doors to create any meaningful income worth noting. thx