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You can certainly petition the RE taxes with an appraisal or a Real Estate Broker's Opinion of Value and possibly an appearance in front of the revision board or if contested further, the appeals Court in Columbus.  

That doesn't mean that the tenant can terminate the lease without penalty though, as it appears you can continue to charge rent until you find another suitable tenant and then sue the tenant in small claims court for any amount of rent due that is not covered by their security deposit. 

Those accounts do NOT appear on your personal credit until then.You'll need to learn about Dunn & Bradstreet and their Paydex score as well as the other business credit reporting agencies, which vendors report to which agencies, ...Hope this helps...David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

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Since the appraisers come out of pool of appraisers that the mortgage company is required to use, it appears it's the luck of the draw on what you're going to get.

First time posting, long time investor in the Bay Area.As you know, Richmond City Council passed rent control and just eviction, it was suspended, and will probably appear on a general election ballot next year.Any ideas on evicting current tenants (while law is not in effect) and replacing with section 8 tenants.

From a practical standpoint it appears a landlord should be prepared to wait 6 months to clear the existing tenant and/or come to some kind of agreement with tenant to move--I would not call it extortion, but with financial assistance apparently available for deposits, an existing tenant has a lot of leverage over a selling landlord.Are you thinking that DCHA makes the payment to a tenant to relocate them prior to the end of a lease rather than the landlord as well as that DCHA essentially has to sign off on any eviction/termination with cause that is prior to the end of a lease term (and it appears that can only be after the first 12 months?)?

For a contract to be legal there must be "consideration" such as cash or an equivalent.

Also toward the end it appears they're changing their tune as far as if L/O's are a good idea or not.