Sure, I agree landlords do have a right against unannounced inspections.Here, however, we have the actions of the tenant creating liability on the part of he landlord in situations where the landlord might not be able to control/over rule the tenant; as one poster here said, how many landlords have government co-operation clauses written into their leases?

It mentioned that it was basically a cooperation between the local government and developers.

If your agent had trouble getting a copy from the LA, he/she should have been more aggressive: send request in writing, contact the LA's Broker, walk into the office demanding it etc.And I have never ever heard of any agent in a short sale being ok with the bank taking the property to sheriff sale because he/she assumed the bank would win the bid, take possession of the property and then still cooperate in the short sale.

I would think your strategy is get this un-cooperate tenant out using this as an example for others.

I do agree that some deals aren't worth the time (e.g. short sales where buyers won't cooperate with info, paperwork, etc.), but I'm not yet convinced that this is one of them.

We are contractors/brokers/investors, and are always happy to cooperate with other agents, investors, offer any advice where we can, etc.

In this way you will increase rental values and market values assuming the economy cooperates.

@Ty Cooper walk away man.

However, most code enforcement liens can be negotiated out for 10-20% assuming the underlying violation has been corrected, and you play nice and cooperative with the code enforcement dept.

So it’s a big issue if sellers and tenants are not willing to cooperate…If you can find a way to help them move, that’s probably your best bet.