Tenant Relationships and Legal Considerations Impact: Rent control laws often come with increased tenant protections and legal requirements that landlords must follow, such as eviction restrictions and rent increase caps.

You cannot (legally) exclude your capital gain when you sell your NJ house next year. 

If I were managing the property my current legal situation would definitely not have occurred.

Legal action- no attorney is willing to take this on?

First, Andrew Holmes decided to remove me from the program because I followed my real estate lawyer's advice, and "disobeyed" Andrew's legal advice: I didn't file a foreclosure on my paying borrower.

Making the basement a legal unit is costly but can be done as an ADU depending on your exact location (ADU zone maps are on City of Chicago site).

Here's another idea.There should be a legal publication in your area (ask an attorney) that has this info too.

@Zhenyang Jin A DBA is generally not necessary for your LLC in California unless you plan to operate under a name different from the LLC’s legal name. 

I will send you a copy of the agreements that I have and they are legally binding. 

(this was Upset Sale where all liens transfre to the new owner.)I am not an attorney, nor an accountant, nor a CFP, nor a doctors and am not giving legal, accounting, financial or medical advice.David KrulacBigger Pockets Podcast #82