It will cost several hundreds to $1k, or even $2,500 retainer fee, but I bet you can extract a lot more money from three of them for fraud.

My goal is to retain the current tenants (there are a few M2M tenants).

You just need to know there are plenty of consumers playing the litigation lottery so either have good attorneys on retainer or make sure you don't stumble. 

I also planted various flowering trees and bushes, built a retaining wall, enclosed the entire 2.4 acres in fencing (part white picket, part deer fence), etc.

Perhaps she realized she had dropped the ball immensely and wanted to prevent me from making too much of a stink, so she created a situation in which she could retain control.

As a result, we constantly look for ways to lower or eliminate expenses in our properties to improve their market competitiveness and attract and retain tenants as well as increase cash flow and property value. 

Also the ability to take money out of the property, tax-free, and retain that property.

In the best of all worlds I would like to buy or develop a multi-bay industrial site where the cash flow is sufficient that I can retain one bay to use for my woodworking business.

These risks are assumed and remain with the owner as the owner retains the benefits of owning the real estate, tax benefits, appreciation along with the equities.

Various industry trade groups retained the services of E&Y to conduct a study, which concluded that if 1031 Exchanges were to be eliminated GDP would drop by .8% (GDP has recently been hovering under 2%.