The property is just now finally being rebuilt after a terrible arrangement of issues that occurred between my insurance and the county...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $180,500

Cash invested: $45,125

My second property purchase. Side by Side duplex purchase with one unit vaca...

Complete this section only if there is a period, after the year 2008, when neither you nor your spouse (or your former spouse) used the property as a main home, and that period of non-use occurred during the 5-year period prior to the date of sale and before the time when you or your spouse (or your former spouse) used the property as a main home.* Otherwise, skip to Section C.

That was a total accident.

Call his bluff, first ask when these fees occurred, then once you have that information Ask for bank statements that show the transfer of the security deposit from the security deposit account to the main account to “pay” for late fees.  

That all came to an end after a severe motor cycle accident almost took my life and left me disabled from then on. 

Lastly Ill assume you have the land under control in one way or another and that other due diligence has occurred regarding environmental, title, etc.The next step for you is going to be find a local architect to put together a feasibility study to confirm you can get what you want out of the site this often happens prior to purchasing the site so if you are in the middle of some of the things above that's not too uncommon, you just want to have it under control in one way or another so that you don't have the site bought from under you while you are doing this. 

They are not exactly impartial because their pay occurs if you sell and/or buy.  

Get his insurance bond and license info and give it to your insurance company. get it fixed so you’ll have receipts for court and proof that damage didn’t occur because you didn’t fix it right away. 

So even if you pick a state with stronger protections like WY or NV, the cause of action arose in the state where the tenant fell, so likely that the court where the accident happened would have jurisdiction.California tends to have more laws on the books and requirements and restrictions that it can be a good idea to form a CA LLC for out of state property so that you as a CA resident are covered, and to try to have your contracts fall under the purview of CA courts.