The city board of adjustment meeting was held today and we presented our case and explained that we made huge investments into the home to remodel and furnish it with the belief that we would be able to operate it as an STR since we had an approved permit.The Board denied my request and did not take any responsibility. 

@Lance Trezona Thx for your quick response!

Thank you all for your responses.

for one tenant it says that the landlord is responsible for utilities, and for the other tenant it says that the tenant is responsible for utilities.

From there it's running a schedule and taking responsibility for my actions.

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

I picked her exactly because she had a good social and online footprint!!

For example,  providing a heating source for your tenant is your responsibility as the landlord. 

Patricia,Thank you for a detailed and a very helpful response. 

@Russell Brazil: Thank you for the response Russell, very helpful thank you