If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

I would not make this a legal matter, but you will have to decide if you want to commit to living with this landlord.

Indeed, the FAIR ordinance is anything but fair to non-corporate landlords, seemingly punished for investing in rental houses to generate income as an alternative to stocks and bonds.A handful of opportunists likely could learn to exploit these new rules, preying on otherwise law-abiding landlords to obtain legalized shake-down payments.

There is some room for creativity here, but it takes careful planning and execution, and there is only so far you can push it before crossing the line from aggressive but legal to reckless and punishable.GROUP 2: Legitimate tax strategies, just not for the EOY to-do listForm an S-corporation.

You may consider terminating the lease depending on how much time remains, your skills, the legal system, and other factors.Based on what you've said, I am concerned there's someone else occupying the home or something else is going on.

Do not rely on it for legal advice.

I am exploring "office hacking" but i don't know if there are any legal or zoning issues with something like that. 

After looking into it more, I'm concerned about potential tax implications and legal issues, such as piercing the corporate veil.

It will also require extensive networking to raise funds from other, legally, to buy at scale.Recommend your plan be more realistic with a goal of 10 years for your real estate to be generating enough cash to live off - and even that may be a bit optimistic.How to grow?

We thought about hiring a lawyer but the legal fees were expected to be in the range of $10k to $15k and would have taken months (if not years).