The legitimacy of the contract probably only really matters if you have to go to court/arbitration to enforce it.That said, your title company would be a good place to start in terms of getting a legal review, I'm sure they have a real estate lawyer(s) on staff or retainer depending on the state.

That is also leverage in getting him to pay.If this isn't a huge issue, I would take him to small claims court.

The reality is, it’s actually quite difficult to declare bankruptcy (just cause you want to declare bankruptcy doesn’t mean you get to, you have to be approved for it.

If you do not plan to conduct business in NY then the bank may require you to fill out a foreign entity declaration (stating that you will not be conducting business in NY) and you can skip the registration. 

You served her with 3 day notice, now go file with the JP court for that area.You probably need to get the a/c fixed also.

Problem here the tenant didn’t declare cats as pets.She ruined the unit in one full year and it took more than $11,000 to replace full floors in two level townhouse plus other water leaks damage.tenant left without telling.Now I am asking property management must visit quarterly to catch damages early on.Ozone machines did not help much.thanks

Based on the details from the clerk of courts, it appeared that the investor was attempting to hide assets and refusing to turn over documents, one of which was copies of all renovation agreements. 

Lets say you have a 100% winning court case.

How likely is it the court will side with them.  

If you must, filing in small claims court