Myself and a few of my collegues will be a sponsor for the event and would be more than happy to talk shop with any other attendees.What is your investment strategies and what do you hope to take from the conference?

Of course by all means confer with your attorney before you take any legal actions.

I would think 1/4" sheetrock, supported 16" or 24" in confer wouldn't have an issue supporting insulation (batt or blown in).

Attending the conference for the third time.

I really appreciate your help.So I guess the consensus here is to go ahead and hire a new Inspector and then compare the results of the new inspection to the other two and see which two bring up some of the same issues and then proceed with repairs after conferring with the contractor.  

This is how it works in my area and yours may be different.At this point you may want to confer with an attorney for at least looking over your items and giving you an idea of to settle with tenant and go after PM or not.

I'm interested if anyone has suggestions for conferences I might be interested in attending, based on my investment focus.

I ran into kwikset guys at an IMN conference, and they sent me a free puck system to reset these locks..

There are a bunch of REITS that specialize in shopping centers and I have found you can learn a lot by reading their reports and listening to their conference calls. 

Everybody here remembers how it was the foreclosure capital of the nation back during the recession, and the city has made numerous negative headlines since then because of bad leadership.