A community that loses it's moral compass is doomed to an ugly community.I presented two alternate solutions in my post.I'd say when people simply pretend to be listening but really are not, it makes it tough to come to a consensus solution.I think attempting to shove the square block through the round circle is a bad strategy.

I did not always feel this way but I learned better.So I would advise all parties to stop pretending justice is blind and to stop looking to the law to save you except as an institution to be manipulated if you have enough money, influence, or votes in your pocket to do it.

@Joe Matthews Pretend you don't have $50k.

Next pretend you want to rent a property close to what you would be offering.

You can file for eviction but you just can't kick them out if the moratorium is in effect in your state (our state has been allowing evictions because we're pretending Covid is over...fun, huh?).

Pretend that the elephant left the room.

My state funds many organizations that pretend to be tenants.

I also transferred security deposit money from my checking account to my savings account, pretending that the previous owner transferred the money to me (in reality, they are credited to me through the final settlement).

I've found that tenants abuse this ordinance or people squat in the house and pretend to be renters to stay in the property.

So, let's pretend you are a contractor and are contacted to provide a bid from an out of town POTENTIAL owner.