And speaking of reserves, the $6000 would endanger my six months mortgage reserve requirement ($41,000) which I am now only just meeting.

I suppose you could find a good landlord attorney who could petition the court that the guy was endangering others.  

Would I have grounds to open a law suit against them for destruction of property, endangering tenants, and causing a lawsuit liability for us if they don't fix the situation?

Residential code enforcement officials love good, honest renovators who don't endanger the community.

In fact, they said they're scrutinized by their clients (banks) and won't take the risk of endangering a big segment of their business with one of the banks by favoring an in-house offer.Now, the story is quite different in the smaller, mom-n-pop type real estate office.

I help clients with one small part of raw land development, helping them get through the regulations related to biological resources and endangered species. 

You may find yourself needing to evict a tenant who is using illegal drugs on the property or endangering your property.

I have mixed reactions.... yes there are cut backs on usage and thanks to our government, the $1.4 trillion dollars worth of water that was dumped into the ocean to save a 3 inch "possibly endangered" guppy didn't help us.

I am a local, street-level BRRRR investor that is hunting and always trying to sniff out a deal on the ground, and they are an endangered species at the moment. 

This is not to say they'll do the job well, only that screwing the job up won't endanger anyone or the house; the worst that happens is the job looks like crap.