They claim retaliation, counter claims health issues because of mold and requests a jury trial. 

I have heard horror stories about professional tenants who stage accidents and claims to take their landlord to the cleaners.

They may be clients or customers, employees or contractors, or the people who surround you in your personal world – friends, family, acquaintances.

Perhaps a quit claim deed where I pay the past due HOA fees?  

if the missing appliances and damage happened after closing you may have an insurance claim.  

One of my customers at my work came in playing at my table and have told me that the first one would probably be the hardest then after that, it would be easier to maintain more later on.

We have already claimed success in planting the seed and turned it over to God, now it is up to us to water the seed and let the magic work! 

There's a federal tax incentive:A taxpayer may claim a credit of 30% of qualified expenditures for a solar system that serves a residence located in the United States that is owned and used as a residence by the taxpayer.The LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power) also offers an incentive which comes in the form of a subsidy for the electricity you do get from the grid.

I don't claim to be the end-all-be-all guru but I do buy property with my wife and we are successful landlords and I do love and am passionate about real estate as an asset class due to the tax benefits and control that it offers over other types of investments.

As most attorneys specialize in a particular area of law, the attorney advising you on your lease will not likely be the best person to advise you on your corporate/asset protection matters (and vice versa) - be wary of those who claim to do both, as "generalists" will know the basics, but the basics are only enough when things are going well...