I for one was truely hoping that Craig would understand where I was coming from in my constructive advice/criticism and perhaps adjust his approach here at our community.

I hired a public adjuster and the loss is almost settled.

I can tell you no matter what the economy does or who is in office there is a way to thrive.You have to adjust to the opportunities that are available in the marketplace and take advantage of them before hand before the herd mentality kicks in.For commercial what I specialize in investors are buying properties up in record numbers.It's not just the value of the asset but the cheap debt that is available.Sellers are still motivated to do deals but once the herd kicks in they will get more confidence to stand firm or closer to their price.

And if you're flipping, in this situation you should definitely adjust the tax prorations in the contract to benefit you based on the results of the appeal.  

I could see adjustments for non-GSE/Gov loan servicers requiring a little tighter diligence on the investor for liquidity or demands for advance deposits upfront to some extent.  

I guess what I'm trying to say is that in the beginning of my career as property manager investor, I really would want to control this crazy problematic tenant and get her out asap and would have been insulted and offended at her creating this adversarial climate by calling the code enforcement, etc.

I'm just making the math simple, make your own adjustments. 

I took advice from @Scott Trench 's book "Set For Life," and made adjustments to my lifestyle.

The landlord is legally bound to resolve the problem, and the tenant is required to allow the landlord access to resolve the problem (obviously with some adjustments depending on statutes & ordinances of different municipalities).

Once that goal is reached, adjust and improve so eventually can leave my day job, live off passive income from rentals while also flipping houses for extra money.