If it's a long-term buy-and-hold, there comes a point when the worker adds more value to the deal than most of the initial down-payment.I'm not trying to defend a blanket 50-50 assumption on most deals.

When someone makes a claim that “a fact” isn’t accurate when it is with no basis to back it up, I’ll defend the logic.  

Far FAR too often person get all wound up hyper focusing on how to defend on tax payments, and they have diddly-squat for income to defend against.

This property was one of my best ones and was done so well and nothing was hidden and now I am getting this nightmare which I plan on defending myself to the fullest Thank you in advance 

I would listen to the BP Podcast with Thach Nguyen on how he knocked on one hundred doors a day , five days a week for ten years and that got him one million USD per year from that ACTIVITY.Make sure you dont miss the part where he says one home seller let loose a dog on him and he had to get attention at the hospital from the bite.I would also pay attention to the Tom Hopkins Champion formula to embrace rejection on pages 110-125 in his book Mastering the Art of the Sale.Especially the part where he says , you are paid for each rejection you getThen TAKE ACTION, make the calls, follow up leads, ask for referrals, make offers, buy properties, choose your exit strategy etcin making calls i would attempt to incorporate "negative phrasing" as taught by Steve Trang, to locate buyers, sellers, private money lenders.I would also set a saving rate as taught by Anthony Robbins from book Money, master the game, becoming of an investor, taking advantage of the power of compounding I would also keep in mind the 10000hour rule from Malcom Gladwell's book, Outliers reminding myself that attaining world class takes commitment

I told the tenant the rent being late each month isn’t appreciated and the tenant proceeded to defend the reasons why the rent has been late.

To me it looks like the Three Stooges did it.One trade opens a hole in the wall/foundation to make some repairs, they don't do hole repairs and leave it.Homeowner decides to just leave it, or stack loose rubble bricks back in the hole--thus saving cost of a proper repair job.This is an extreme brick problem: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/defenders/2020/06/29/detroit-familys-home-collapses-as-landlord-refuses-to-answer-calls/

You want the insurance company’s lawyers fighting the lawsuit to defend their million(s) of dollars not just paying out the lower limit and letting you pay the rest.

What that means is the seller will pay all liens of record at settlement to give you free and clear title at settlement, and depending on the type of warranty deed (special vs. general), that the seller will defend your title against certain (or all) claims after settlement. 

This would include architectural fees, new equipment, cost of protecting or defending your title to the property, or building improvements.