The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court says the ordinance violates state and federal law by forcing home-sharing platforms to share information about clients with the city and requiring the platforms to enforce the new rules."

Subject to with seller in financial trouble adds risk to you as a buyer- insurance risk, acceleration risk, unknown other pending lawsuits/ BK/ unpaid...

As you see when you read through those articles, we filed a defamation lawsuit in July of 2013.I have no problem with you posting those links.  

Suing might be worth it if you believe you can recover the damages, but keep in mind that even if you win a lawsuit, collection the owed amount can be challenging if the tenants don't have necessary funds or assets.

Much of FL is likely to fit the profile given how folks from MA and other locations like to move to FL.Condo conversions can be a good deal or a way to get involved in years of lawsuits.

I *always* look up potential tenants on the online county lawsuit databases because I always find more info that way than any screening company I have tried has.

Most states have statutes of limitations on lawsuits based on the last payment you made.

I also am not sure what is protected from law suit and what is not.

A Lis Pendens basically is a Law Suit filed by the Lender against a homeowner in default of their mortgage, usually after the homeowner has fallen 90 to 120 days behind.

If you let her slide on rent but don't let another tenant I could see a "professional tenant" filing a discrimination lawsuit.