You may have to choose your battle with this.

Or was that a battle to get them to agree to it?

Making note of this as my own mental commitment to be more active on here.Anyhow, I closed on my first home back in early May after a couple months of battling it out in a veeerry hot market.

When it's nothing but greenspace going against current and future use zoning you are fighting a huge uphill battle.

I'd much prefer their cooperation and assistance with finding a replacement rather than get into a legal battle.

Anyways, she also said that she didn’t want to go the ESA route but she knew it would be a battle with our no pets policy if she asked me first.

Anyways, she also said that she didn’t want to go the ESA route but she knew it would be a battle with our no pets policy if she asked me first.

this sounds like a very unlikly legal battle  expensive and not worth it.. plus probably cant tie up the property.. 

Thankfully it's been a while since I was in housing court, and I've only been twice, but I recall it was less than 6 weeks total.Of course, 'winning' is only half the battle, since the tenant now has an eviction on their record and won't get an apartment from any responsible landlord.

If someone offers cash alongside your financed offer for the same price and you just have higher EM, you're likely still going to lose that battle.