But nice to know we're "buttercups"  He is talking to you buttercup.Most of us DO NOT have all our eggs in the STR basket contrary to your belief.

We're pissed beyond belief and just want her out now so we can stop dealing with her lies and delay tactics.  

It appears as though a common set of beliefs of yours through this entire discussion:1 - Cash flow can't cover vacancy. 

This I believe- he believes his RE method is optimal- he has nothing to sell and is not intentionally deceiving anyoneHowever we have different investing beliefs (which he also knows)In the last 5 years the lowest appreciation year for San Diego was 8% and the best was over 20%.  

Morals, beliefs, upbringing, opinion....all fun topics, but a legal argument they do not make.Good grief!

If you go down the relentless rent-raising road out of a misguided need to get maximum value out of your asset, turnover is going to screw you hard.

Your net worth is your network as they say, and you need to meet lots of new people in order to grow your mind and over come limiting beliefs.

So you are saying that you were lied to or you are being misguided. 

I had considered stubbornness and misguided advice as a possibility too.

The building inspector is aware of this belief but the violation doesn't state anything about the underground pipe-I think underground might be outside of the scope of his work?