Yes, but most people are civilized and I haven’t had an issue yet, but have avoided a few problems this way.

I just finished working through some litigation with the city around a STR violation we got ourselves into.  

IRS is generally civil. 

At that time, I had 11 rental properties, but I realized it wasn't really scalable, especially as your net worth grows and have more assets, you become a bigger target for litigation.

This sounds like something an experienced commercial litigator could handle for you. 

Well, this is the case as long as we can get the proper proof of the judment in the format the military requires out of the city civil court clerk's office. 

@Samantha Ward, for a closing, litigation, landlord tenant issue? 

Just make sure that you are aware of all of the costs and challenges associated with developing land (utilities, parking, civil engineering, wetlands, setbacks, easements, how is your trash going to work?

My company offers architectural and civil engineering services.

I've noticed with clients in my day job (land use/Civil development), once they reach the 'commercial' space they're actually better off...rates are often not as bad as you might think...sometimes even better.