She and I are currently in a court battle.

Could you stand up in court and tell a judge that it was clear they caused the damage?

I can see the courts so backed up, that your tenants could live the year or more without payment. the kicker, is that to protect your investment, you will STILL need to do maintenance.I wonder, if the law that allows a tenant to live for free, would charge me for failure to keep certain provisions like heat, air, cable, water, sewer and more in place when my funds say no!

Do you usually use official sources such as court documents, or go through the white pages?  

I own a large complex in Georgian Acres and my avg "effective" rents are $1240 and that's with 2 different studios in the floor plan mix.

The new rate has to be high enough to cause pain to the tenant, but not so high that a court would reject it.

@Igor Nastaskin it really depends on what street this complex is on. 

We manage a 112 unit condominium complex near coffee bluff that would be very similar to this.

I have read in-depth about using holding companies, multiple LLCs, trusts, crazy expensive liability insurance policies, etc. but wanted to explore this route because it seems less-complex and more cost efficient. 

Speak with lenders about lending on the project We did; one lender summarily dismissed it because we don't have experience with ALFs, but based off the initial description of the project, a lender who did the loan for my 24-unit apartment complex gave us a preliminary yes.