Some posters here have a lot more experience than I do but I haven't come remotely close to these kinds of attorney fees, even though we're currently in pretty silly NY court battles.

Any recommendations of real estate attorneys in Battle Creek MI that that are investor friendly?

After I launched a year-long tongue-in-cheek campaign to be the first three-peater in BP history, @Brandon Turner couldn't settle the battle and thus the three of us get to share the honor.  

Instead, I gave up all control of the situation and it degraded into a battle of wits and legal chicken.

Has anyone dealt with smells before (smoke, feces, etc)?

And if the unit already smells of smoke, how will you prove if they are still smoking inside or not.Run it like a business and do what you have to do to protect your investment.

The rent mostly covers costs (prop taxes, mortgage 600 a month, prop mgr 7%, insurance $500 a year), with a small profit, maybe $100 a month.TRAVISCAD raised our property taxes this year over 50%, valuing the house at 435k from 286k  (yes I'm fighting it, but sense a losing battle as they raised the land value and not really the house/improvement value). 

. :)Josh, they hit early this morning (usual tactic with a historical note) and lost the battle before noon, great defense, good job! 

We passed attorney review, my home inspector didn't check the roof so i'm paying extra on a $550 inspection. quoted $400 for a roof inspection that should take 20 minutes, something just didn't smell right so i went away from my recommendation and chose a local guy for $125. 

A while ago we started to smell dirty water.