Why do u care where the money comes from?

Be careful of agents just showing properties off of the MLS to earn commission or companies that just want to sell you a property and then push you off on some other management company.

City does not care what the title says so long they have received your tax payment.

Since there is no official record of the supposed letter, if it goes to court you would just say you never got any notice about the tree and did everything a reasonable person would do to take care of the tree.

Kyle - if you want to determine if  conventional financing is  possible for you at this time ...I would recommend connecting with a loan person to get a formal  pre approval  in place  for any scenario you  care to work with  ...this  process is free and  help analyze credit / asset/ income / employment  and   if  you aren't able to  get pre approved at this time - you can  then be aware of any  facet you  will need to  work on ….thanks

I asked that they take care of most of these items, which the team agreed to, but with there now being a tenant renting out the property (this wasn't the case at the time of the inspection), my guess is that it's going to take some time for these things to be addressed.

A good QI will ensure that any details of a Construction 1031 are taken care of, so I would find one you trust and then consult them on the best course of action.For a little light reading, here are some articles on this type of exchange: http://www.exeter1031.com/construction_1031_exchan...https://www.1031exchange.com/improvement/https://www.cwscapital.com/insights/understanding-...Best of luck!

As painful as it may be, I would let karma take care of him and just move on to another location.

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Good news is, the owner on title doesn't care at all and is difficult to communicate with.