You will still have a fight on your hands , the contractors will have some leverage .

Invest back into the property to get a higher rate/occupancy, fight for just being the lowest price and cleanest rental in the area, or explore another exit strategy (sell, MTR, LTR, etc)

Your price point doesn't help either, 300k is not a lot in these markets and at that price point you will be fighting with other locals buying full time houses.

Most are forced into settling or go bankrupt fighting and did nothing.

I'm looking at home equity loans for another rental property we own currently.More than likely, we'll have to put the property back on the market and find some cash to cover the difference between current construction draws and sale price.It's an expensive mistake - but we'll be back again to fight another day. 

There is a PAC coming and proof of other markets fighting similar situations.

Some cities are pro growth others will fight you tooth and nail.

I mean, it's even a possibility that your lawyer could negotiate a settlement with the neighbor regarding agreeing to give you title to a strip of their land rather than fight in court over an easement by prescription. 

Since inflation was so severe for the last few years, they had essentially decided to raise interest rates aggressively in order to fight this high inflation even if it came at the cost of slowing the economy down.

So is managing them--we have never lost investor principal and don't plan to start now, and we will fight to the end of the earth to protect our investor's interests.