We have in house lawyers and we make sure everything is Kosher before we take an apartment and sell it.

More than likely it should have been his expense, and lawyer fees. 

Team = accountant, lawyer, partner, GC, plumber, handyman, home inspector, etc.Here are some general things I can say:1) choose strategy and your goals.

What you cannot do is ask what the said disability is.Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and this is not intended to be legal advice.

That would be my recommendation but I️ would just call a few lawyers and they should be able to give you this advice at a nominal fee, probably free!

I would speak to your lawyer and CPA again as they know your situation better and give proper guidance for the correct and best outcome for you.

At what point will i need a lawyer ?

Let the current owner deal with getting that from the tenants, as they should be signing it as well.When we bought, the owner said that they didn't want us calling or emailing the tenants, so we just showed up one early evening with cookies to talk to them and introduce ourselves, (that just happened to be how we could get around what they were saying).On the matter of security deposits - The recommendation I got from my lawyer was to have the owner pay out the current interest back to the tenant. 

Spend the $$ on a real estate lawyer so the letter of the law is followed and your "friend" is sent on his way most expediently.

Is it all solely documentation drawn up by a real estate lawyer and we're good?