Having said that, you never know when an accident will happen, and the contractor may be uninsured or underinsured.If you have insurance, the insurance company pays for the attorney and the legal expenses to defend you, in the event Landlord gets dragged into a lawsuit.

I don't know how small claims works in TX, but when I had to chase a deadbeat for unpaid commission in Mass, he kept failing to show for hearings.I was finally able to present my case and evidence to the Magistrate who said I could have both a capias (civil arrest, where the defendant is forcibly brought to court) and an execution (sheriff or constable can seize assets and sell them to satisfy the judgement).What finally got me paid was when I gave him a hard deadline and told him that if I wasn't paid in full by X date at Y time, I was going to have his WIFE (also a named defendant) civilly arrested at work.As you might suspect, that got the deadbeat moving very quickly and yes, I was paid in full.

How will you defend yourself against a charge of taking a net listing, which is illegal in almost all states?

"Thursday, the court pointed to the "decades-old statute" the CDC was relying on to defend the moratorium and the court said that it "strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts."

They may not like it, but if they can't defend their position under fire, they have a weak position.

Yeah, you have to assign a value to the house when purchased, which can be defended.....subtract that from the purchase price to determine the land costs and your cost basis for the .36 acres you’re selling is about 75% of that.  

Can you defend your claim of "combative and threatening"? 

Follow up: We got our day in court but the judge started with defendant/squatter.

The question really is how much is it going to cost you to defend yourself and should you just come to an agreement to avoid court.  

If you say something to him, both of them will gang up on you and she’ll defend him.