The statute is NH RSA 540:2, II.

Google your state statutes to find out.

If property owners are cited per section 162 in The Florida Statutes and no corrective action is taken, the case goes before the local Code Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate.

The statutes governing adverse possession are the Civil Practices & Remedies Code sections16.021 et seq.

You still cannot SHOW WHERE THE STATUTE authorizes the landlord to hold onto funds in dispute by the tenant.

Can you point me to the section in Chapter 540 of the statutes?

This is a good starting point for negotiation, which is part of the process, but that is the sellers decision and I would appreciate you presenting my offer to the seller per Florida statute, and letting him decide what to do.” 

The statute gives a redemption period of nine months from the date that the sheriff's deed is recorded; given that the sheriff's deed might take less than three months to record, then the one year approximation is close enough - but in the suburbs (and I imagine this can occur in the city as well) I have seen a sheriff sale challenged and that dragged on for close to a year after which the sheriff's deed was issued and recorded AND then after that the nine month redemption period started.  

Statutes define when attorneys fees may be asked for absent a contract.

Even if rental properties must singly “stand on their own”, the aggregation rules in the statute itself (gotta meet 2 out of 3 as Brian mentioned) seem easy for a landlord to satisfy.A key issue: When determining activity levels, non-162 law (and maybe 162 law) counts delegated tasks as performed by the owner in the rental context.