These are legacy personalities who have finger prints all over the old lead ordinances.https://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2020/06/30/Federal-agents-take-Toledo-city-council-members-into-custody-amid-bribery-probe/stories/20200630090Here's the article for anyone who didn't read it yet (the 40 page indictment is heady stuff, there are two years of improper action that's been documented by the FBI). 

The next calls will be all his workers and subs, do not pick up any blocked numbers.Make a police report, IF they will take it, they probably won't do it by phone.

You can call the police and ask for an escort for your personal safety.

Yes, he'd be frequently dealing with the police as well as the tenants. 

NAR isn't the end all be all police for the entire real estate industry, which everyone needs to realize, although they have lots of influence.

An upset Tenant that was under eviction stabbed the Landlord, who managed to call out the Police.

And what happens when 6 months later that seller is at, say a family reunion and talking to wife's 2nd cousin Fred, the Real Estate Attorney from whatever towns away, and something get's mentioned of it and Fred get's all interested and tells em that's illegal and hes now implicated in a crime and holly-cow hes gotta report this to police NOW and geeks out on seller, so seller starts geeking out thinking "I'm too pretty for prison" and so on and so fourth.... 

I am not a "free market, all the time" guy because there's no such thing - the ultimate free market, one without any regulations, is anarchy - but society definitely has to strike a reasonable balance between too much government influence on the psyche with the reasonable need to prevent society from descending into chaos through poverty and resource monopoly.

The city offices are difficult to work with & cumbersome. the policing of permits, licenses, violations, etc. is a headache even when you're doing everything right.

Try stealing a cart of groceries and when the police show up tell them it's not your fault because life is just really hard.