I would probably leave a State that is landlord-unfriendly faster than one with State income tax, as the potential pain inflicted by the legal system would trouble me more than reasonable taxes.

No the market was not collapsing, this was self-inflicted injury of seller as they grossly over-built a very custom home in a location that had 0 support for such.

The lawsuit would take a year and a half and run $25,000 to $50,000 for the buyer, and I'm guessing from what he wrote, he'd lose.In this situation, I surmise that an astute attorney would get the State Attorney General involved to inflict great pain.There just isn't enough profit to be made on such a property.

Time and time again all but universally stemming from self-inflicted injury.

Sorry i have no pity for that kind of self-inflicted stupidity.

You should steel yourself for a total loss, but if you can inflict sufficient pain on the scam artist, it may cause him to change his ways.

What the government wouldn’t do was pay for the property damage that they inflicted as “payback” for their eviction.  

The economic pain that Americans are inflicting on fellow Americans under the banner of free capitalism is nuts.

However, some of these issues are self-inflicted:1.

I asked my PM to check with their technician to determine if the damage was tenant inflicted or normal wear/tear since this was a newly acquired rehabbed property.