The city came down there and promptly gave us a stop work order on the property.

We do not do class D investing, but know people who do it well and profitably.As the saying goes, the riches are in the niches.Thanks for sharing the story and prompting the dialogue which I've enjoyed reading.

The tenant paid into their escrow account every month promptly and on time. 

(e) Prompt Judicial Action. --(1) If the Secretary concludes at any time following the filing of a complaint that prompt judicial action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary may authorize a civil action for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the complaint under this section.

This combined with your direct strategy of using the larger markets to speculate what will happen in Satellite markets allows someone to quickly go "Oh something interesting may be happening here" prompting the investor/researcher to dig deeper. 

That being said, if you are Adding fixtures (Bathroom, kitchen, laundry, etc.) you will be increasing the "Fixture count" and bring the building further out of compliance; therefore prompting a Water Service Upgrade (Which the City has been pushing pretty hard on).

All that said, there is no excuse for their lack of an explanation or prompt response.

Initially it has been great, so great it has prompted me to leave my aerospace career in Jan 2022 to focus on real estate and remodeling.

@Andrew Postell, thanks for your prompt response.

I promptly called the host and I actually had to suggest to her that she should speak to this shouting woman over the phone -- before reluctantly doing so, the host told me that I should just ignore the banging on my door for the rest of my four-day stay.