He looks like quite published and has avery relevant background to speak on such a topic: http://www.inman.com/2012/02/10/tax-reporting-tips...But there are detractors as well in the comment section, with someone (Steve Moskaluk) also very logically defending Stephen Fishman.What Stephen seems to say is: Issue $800 of 1099 to VA, issue $9.800 of 1099 to client, declare a business income of 1,000, and call it a dayOn the other hand, Buildium, PropertyWare and quite a few others like them, when you prepare your 1099 automatically at their site, prepares client 1099 for $12,000So what are we supposed to do?

If you can obtain personal jurisdiction over the defendant that is much more important than the address shown on the paperwork.

Brandon has championed our calculators and the importance of analyzing deals for the past 8 years that he has been a part of the community.I'm so passionate about reserves that I have written literally dozens of blog posts on the subject, written it thousands of times on the forums, answered hundreds of PMs about it, and talk about it for an hour every week on the BiggerPockets Money Show Podcast. that show's entire purpose is to help people who are not financially prepared to invest in real estate and help them build a financial foundation capable of supporting responsible long-term investing.

If you are talking to the right attorney they will already have this contract mastered and will have already defended it in court a few times and improved it along the way.

But if they do, you’ll have written documentation to defend.

Any liability claim will probably be made against the landlord AND the landlord's agent (look in mirror to identify that defendant).Remember, it still costs money, time and emotional bandwidth to defend a lawsuit against you that may eventually win.I think @Greg M. had it right - cut ties now.Think of it this way. 

The moral of the story is even if you had all your paperwork in a row and you did everything to the legal standard if they get an attorney and sue you and you have to hire an attorney to defend yourself you will end up paying a large amount and legal costs even if you win.

Without having to pay a lawyer.You should also know, though, that if you do win and you decide to hire a lawyer, you normally can also get the judge to order the defendant to pay your lawyer's fees. 

It's worth every penny to either have your atty review your lease or provide you with one that they will defend in court. 

But I vigorously defend service members.