The defendant's name in the claim, who had the dogs during the incident is not even on the lease agreement.

If you have lined up a passive investor to contribute all or most of the needed capital you may be able to get by with just an operating agreement and have the investor have a somewhat more active role in the operation so you don’t get trapped later, if things go bad, into having to defend a securities registration lawsuit.  

Once as a plaintiff (I won) and once as a defendant in an escrow dispute (I won that one too). 

If the guy is in or near foreclosure, I wouldn't want to have to defend what the definition of a foreclosure consultant is, or whether or not I made the borrower feel like I was presenting myself or my offer as one requiring registration as a foreclosure consultant.

The Final Judgement also states the following:"On filing the certificate of sale, defendant(s) and all persons claiming under or against defendant(s) since the filing of the notice of lis pendens shall be foreclosed of all estate or claim in the property, except as to claims or rights under chapter 718 or chapter 720, Florida Statues, if any."

I'm thinking I would add a cleaning charge to the tenant.It's interesting that you complain about disposals but then defend the dog that urinated on your tools.

Technically it is owner occupied, but I wouldn't want to try and defend that in court.

@Tyler SeeverShort Answer: Deduct whatever you are willing to defend in small claims court. 

In other words, one day of rent is probably not worth a worst-case scenario of having to defend yourself in small claims court. 

If a lawyer sued you under the LLC, and your policy is under your personal name, the policy most likely will not respond/defend you in the suit.There should not be any price difference when changing the name on the policy for your personal name to a LLC.