One of the neighbors told us they had no intentions of selling soon so we backed out of the deal.

Set your goals and identify where you're going first.

For your initial missive, I would recommend sending the city a written request specifically describing the records that you seek, and specifying—as you did in your email below—that names and other personal identifiers can be redacted.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED ABOUT SALES IN 45 YEARS IN REAL ESTATEI, like most people, thought exceptional success in a sales field was due to a unique ability of an individual to somehow “connect”, “convince”, or “persuade” people to purchase the product or service the salesperson was selling.

AND you cannot separately sell or refinance that ADU in the future.That said, I ran across this company that seems to specialize in this type of addition: maybe they could help? 

If you identify more than 3 properties that add up to more than 200% of your selling price then you have to buy 90% of them or your exchange fails and you owe all the taxes.

The neighborhoods that company owner Engelo Rumora describes as “rough” in the forum, they don’t sell houses from those neighborhoods as far as I can observe.

Can you sell the judgement to a collection agency if you win ?

Portland rates don't justify selling right now, however they may not for the next 3-5 years.

Let me know I need help selling this thing asap.