He claims that "it's not fair" since I didn't pay for the back part of the side fence. 

You claim your child as your dependent one year, then you don't, and then you claim her again.

Two years later my claim is still tied up in the courts 

They do not tell you to check if the borrower has other assets that you can claim.

Portfolio income, such as interest does not have any preferential tax rates so it is taxed at your ordinary tax rates.For the average taxpayer, interest income will not be considered active or passive which the original poster is trying to claim(as passive income).You, from my understanding, are in the business of originating and buying notes.

Especially if the tenant claims harassment.

There's no shortage of clickbait articles online, including many on BiggerPockets, that claim to reveal "The Best Market for Real Estate Investment."

All tenants claim to be lawyers bla bla bla!

It’s really not hard to find someoneFor example people who buy a loan in their name and move it to LLC - some say for asset protection and some say to hide their name - well the recorded mortgage is still in their name and it’s a quit claim deed to a LLC so it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure who owns the LLC

I own rental properties in one city and two of them had insurance claims in the last 2 years due to hail and tree damage.