I checked all the local jurisdictions including OPs and they each provide some form of affirmative defense to a subcontractor lien when the owner has paid the GC (in the residential setting).

I can't imagine having someone else do this, because the renters usually have some complex questions and problems that need answering (cashing paychecks, getting a drivers license, FAX service, USPS UPS & FedEx, a good defense attorney, how to get back home without transportation, medical emergencies, vehicle emergencies, etc etc)

It's more realistic to "cede some ground to the enemy", so to speak, and pick a defensible position.

I'm working with a couple partners (so more than one eye) on the deal, and my hard money lender is my last line of defense. 

Although not the best time to be disposing a property, i) I have conviction in the buyer's ability to perform, and ii) believe the sale price is a defensible exit value given the current climate.

Criticism just activates defensiveness and then you just have an argument and tension following, not a solution to the problem.

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I play my defense by choosing to live modestly.

So now I feel a wee bit better as this is my first line of defense.

The only question I have is if the appeal allows a new defense (the newly discovered "service animal" as 'protected class' defense, not part of the first eviction case) vs. judgement based on lack of jurisdiction, improper venue, or such gross irregularity of procedure as to make the judgment void.