You as the seller don't really have any way to challenge the appraisal, officially anyway.

I vote for public officials who admit there are issues, who stand with the less fortunate.

While the official move is not until June, I am in syracuse 2 weeks a month looking at properties and helping with my fathers property management.  

But apparently this week, enraged that the heat was only at 66 and wasn't climbing to 68 fast enough for her and her baby, she called the Department of Health in our county to lodge an official complaint.

The scenario "Systematic Counterclaim" would just not work in Texas as residential evictions are initiated at the Justice of the Peace level:-Justice of the Peace are elected officials so they have constituents to adhere to and are not bound by precedent -Any appeals require the tenants to pay rent forward until the appeal is heard

One of the reasons why the hotel industry lobbies against STRs is that they feel (rightly to a large extent) that they are being held to different standards. 

You could lobby for a 30 day minimum rather than 6 months.

You realy should consult with a civil engineer and your local officials to see what is allowed and required .  

We'd seen them each moving out the weekend before court, but neither one contacted us that they were officially "gone", so court-ordered eviction it was. 

I always prefer the expert chimes in with the official answer.