I’ve consulted several different people and they have told me in my situation as an investor expanding their portfolio it makes more sense to keep the extra cash as opposed to paying down rentals.

You definitely would want to read through the county laws again.If you don't want the extra load up front, best to wait until you get the license.

I will begin the process of suing him, hoping to add extra pressure.

I think the motivation there is to keep the tenant renewing. 

The quotes were only a few hundred dollars extra annually.

Look to see how you can earn extra money while also cutting your spending. 

We closed the LLC because it was not giving us protection since the properties and mortgages are under our names instead of the LLC, so it was extra work and cost for no benefitQuestions:1-I assume we need to issue 1099 for these contractors even though we are not incorporated, right?

While I believe that breed-specific legislation is wrong, I also believe that, if you own a controversial breed, then you need to be an extra-responsible owner.  

The other thing that was nice is that you can pay the loan back as soon as possible but they didn't allow extra payments. 

He's talking about motivated sellers.