There isn't a lot of pushback or unnecessary documentation and hold time.

You must do a inspection of the property, fully documented with pictures prior to the hearing to present in evidance.

Hey everyone,I closed on a new property on February, the tenant sent March rent by mistake to the previous owner, who refused to send it to me, saying that this covers  the tenant's past owed rent.I have an email from the tenant stating that this amount was intended to pay March rent, so I think that the owner has no right to apply it to the previous rent owed, since it's not his money.Do you think I have grounds for taking a legal action based on the tenant email?

You're quoting the IRS instructions that have exactly zero legal weight.

Make sure the garage apartment is legal.

Also the document fee was about 1/3 of the usual because the only document was a warranty deed.

Last thing I want is to get a duplex only to realize it's only legal to have a SFH in there.

This is not legal advice:They'd contact you to negotiate a settlement if they plan on closing.

That $1000 could either be refunded to us or credited on the next tax bill which we chose to do the credit. about a month later the lawyer who completed our transaction sends us an email saying the sellers lawyer knows that we ended up getting a tax credit and that it is owed to the sellers, and that they would take legal action if we didn't refund it. basically my question is how does this usually work out, are they entitled only to a prorated amount of it, are they even entitled to any of it?

You may have to get creative...find a duplex in a good area and Airbnb the units or find an SFR with a legal accessory dwelling unit and live in the smaller unit while renting out the main etc.