Unfortunately, sometimes we get bad appraisals and can fight them but this seems way far off from where you’re hopes we’re as long as your hopes are at value!

Many of the participants in this discussion have no dog in this fight.

But it arguably creates interesting jurisdictional questions and could potentially drag on the case for no reason if the tenant decides to fight it for whatever reason. 

Many things are not worth fighting over (and I have already agreed to, and paid for,  several "non-mandatory\non-safety" requests made by this renter), for me, this is. 

Lenders know when investor property has a problem if they are not living there statistically it is easier to walk away from a mortgage default as it's not where you sleep at night.Typically if you live there then will usually fight tooth and nail to save it and make the payments  up etc.Owner finance depending on the state can be tough because of the foreclosure or take back process.

I get maybe 5-6 a year that actually fight me on a charge.Why?

You're fighting an uphill battle to eitherget money, when it's not scarceor help someone, that doesn't want your help.My parents won't invest either, my friends all said no when I started too.

Keep up the fight if it is an issue.  

I called them out on it, and although the township solicitor (attorney) agreed with me in writing, the township manager is still trying to fight back because he knows the township will end up having to reimburse many rental property owners past-and-present for years and years of rental license fees, plus interest, damages, legal fees, etc.The township manager is defending the township by claiming that our triplex is a "single-family structure divided into 3 apartments".

Never Happen like that in Hinds.. did I feel bad not in the slightest did not pay for 3 months then tried to fight it.. not sure what goes on in these peoples minds