Don't stick your nose in the toilet though... but sniff for muff smells (mold and water damage)

post this on go fund me as "historical society battle":-) But seriously i wish you strength to persevere!

You have to look like one or at least smell like 2!

Also, any advice on if its worth piggy back on a management companies "pooled reviews" or better to build my own brand and battle until I have 10+ reviews?

If he's financially tight, as some have suggested he probably is, he might just sign and walk away with the check in lieu of a dragged out battle he surely doesn't want.I would definitely have an attorney manage the exchange.

If it is a multi-unit where the smoke smell could spread to other units  or bother others, I may move to evict.

Every month we call and it's one excuse after another.So tomorrow we will serve our first 3-day notices to both units, and likely will have to fight the eviction battle... both units have families (children).

I would have these internal battles in my mind, everyday before making calls and I would have to psych myself up to have enough guts to even lift the receiver to make calls; most often, these internal battles were something I had to over come every minute.

You are entitled to one unit with the current zoning, and I would suggest going that route of just building oneIf you want to fight the uphill battle, I would suggest hiring an attorney to assist you in the rezone, speak to your councilman (they will want it changed to R6-A which will drastically change your site plan), door knock the neighborhood and get them to sign a document that they are in support of the rezone, etc.

We hired a property management company to take care of one of our properties that is right outside Columbus and it's been an uphill battle to get them to communicate with us on a variety of issues.