I think you would have a real fight with the judge if it had to go to court

So if your contractor partner isn't happy and you fire him, and he files a lien you better have back up to validate all materials and labor costs / agreement or your gonna spend $$ in court later, and won't be able to sell the house until all the liens are paid. 

In these cases, the specific sector was over-inflated and collapsed as faulty - maybe even fraudulent financial vehicles and/or practices were introduced to suck even more money out of the sector as it heated up.Just because the dot com sector eventually swallowed reality and fixed its fundamentals on value products/services, the energy sector resolved in the courts, and the housing sector flushed out its overly speculative practices (many of which were really bank-driven, primarily as loans issued to folks who had no business buying housing - and toxic mortgage packages created with weird names and no vehicle history to attract investments thus made with no due diligence and no 3rd party oversight - which took unprecedented government intervention and bailout across many sectors to fix), doesn't mean that the next sector downturn trigger doesn't lurk out there.What some call creativity or innovation is really just greed masked in packages so new and weird that due diligence is nearly impossible.  

In most states I have bought court house steps foreclosures.. you receipt that you paid for the property is ownership..

There is no in-between and can be risky for investors.Being a good decorator can help at the sell time and rent time to having timely functions and less holding time costs.  

A public records search should turn up some information depending whether court records are publicly available.

I've tried TenantCloud and their accounting function is hard to use and not intuitive. 

So a marketing play might be hang out at building court and offer your menu of services there.

If you cannot get relief there is always small claims court, but make sure you have all your paperwork in order.

Some good things about condos are they cost less than homes, they often offer amenities like a pool and tennis/Pickleball courts, the monthly fees may include water, trash and some CAPEX like roof and exterior painting.