Along my journey to financial freedom i came across real estate as an investment vehicle to supply my life dreams of being able to attend all my kids games and still have a cash flow able to provide my dream life and goals.Trought my adult life my girlfriend and her family have stood by and watched me  change for the better. loving and supporting us while fighting there own battle.

I have walked through the property and fixed visible things with risk, but I would love to know any attorney I should contact in case I need to fight through a lawsuit when there is a fraud.

Honestly, a savvy tenant would suddenly turn their dog into a therapy animal and you would be stuck with it anyway.You are likely to be money ahead just riding it out rather than fighting and paying attorneys.

Typically the adjoining property owners will fight you especially if its single family residential, but you need to prepare a solid presentation to the Town that your plans are the best use for the property and more specifically monetarily for the Town and its residents.  

We have a portfolio of over 1,000 rentals in a wide range of neighborhoods in Cleveland.Tenants got into a fight over a nominal sum of money.

We have payed 80%+ of the balance, but he is fighting that we need to pay the full initial rate that we signed on even though the details of the contract are inaccurate and he never sent any written Addendum to the contract for changes in work (he just went ahead and made the executive decision about adjustments without checking with us first).

I have been making my list of things to be explicitly clear about as a landlord one day, and now I'll have to really process whether or not this is a battle I want to fight with tenants! 

We have a portfolio of over 1,000 rentals in a wide range of neighborhoods in Cleveland.Tenants got into a fight over a nominal sum of money.

If they decided to take me to court, I'm willing to spend the time and money to fight it.How do I know emotional support animals are a sham?

Concede the territory and take your money elsewhere.If you like the hassle free money these properties have been so far, you're not prepared for the intense (and losing) fight ahead of you.Your cheese is moving.