I have created a "Rend Demand" electronically through the NYC court systems but I will have to hire someone (friend or family member for free) to server her.Should I do this then hire a lawyer or should I just hire a lawyer and let them handle everything?

The property has functioned and will continue to function as a rental "as is" assuming you are not being forced to do any work.If it is not required you are placing your personal feelings/opinions ahead of smart business decisions.The business formula is buy, do only necessary repairs, upgrade only to increase rent, place tenant, earn money.

In reality, what the GC was allowed to do was bypass all the steps and take the lien claim form to the county and file it with the clerk of courts and it is now part of the public record and clouding the title and possibly preventing me from selling the home without paying him an amount that is over what is actually owed.  

If not you could end up in court.

If you look at the zoning court agendas you see mostly the same few names handling the cases.

That would be likely viewed by the courts as constructive eviction, which is illegal in well most places Im aware of.

Courts would have to accept smart contracts the way they accept paper-based contracts today.

(Mitchell Pollard makes this offer "Subject To" Mark Pedroza confirmed by the court as personal representative of the Jane/Joe Smith estate).Good luck..

I would get together with your agent to get as much information as possible. generally the contracts are fairly buyer friendly so that you can back out due to inability to get financing (just dont get financing if you want to back out), upon inspection, etc.generally sellers are worried that deals will fall through and tend to want to release more information earlier so that should something get into contract, the deal will go through. if the deal falls apart, they are stuck with yet more monthly payments while the deal is in contract then have to put it back on the market which will take time to court ankther buyer.this leads me to believe that they are suspect or are worried and/or trying to hide information. they could be just poor negotiators thinking they want to take you for everything.id say: a) be totally comfortable walking away from the deal even if you have already put some $ down for inspection and what not bc it’s better to lose a little money than to get stuck win a big mistake long-term to lose even more moneyb) see if the other side would be down to just sit and lay out some next steps so everyone is on the same page. can use this meeting to listen and just use some empathy to figure out what’s going on on their side, why they’re playing the deal this way. it could be that they don’t trust you yet so they are guarding themselves

The seller doesn't know me and I found out he lied on his Ch. 13 BK application, which was thrown out of court.