Per the subject, I now have a tenant in New Orleans who has threatened to sue me in Small Claims Court for withholding his security deposit of $1200.

When a tenant withholds rent due to issues like a missing Certificate of Occupancy (CFO) or code violations, it's important to understand both your rights and theirs, as local laws can play a big role in how this is handled.One of the first things you might consider is consulting with a local landlord-tenant attorney.

I recently talked with the buyer of a property I am selling and learned that the agent was withholding information from the buyer and trying to manipulate an elderly client into paying a higher commission.they are an agent with EXPResalty.

However, if a project moves very quickly and we stabilize that property shortly after improvements are made, then we may looks to sell that property and upgrade to something bigger.I like to keep things open to either possibility because nothing in life is certain, so I buy properties that I am generally okay with holding or "flipping". 

We don't do a ton of revenue and I have 3-5 employees at any time, but when a management company just withholds like 2 grand like this month (we remodeled a pent house unit for a national company) it messes with my cash flow and my employees getting paid.

They are not legally allowed to withhold the entire rent.

Withholding rent is a nuclear option that the tenant went for, so in my opinion you should do the same. 

Is withholding the distributions enough ground for suing the brokers or we need the evidence of real loss?  

In that case, you don’t have to file an Illinois return and we will withhold your Illinois tax liability (equal to 4.95% for Estates/Trusts & 7% for Entities of your Illinois income) from the April distribution.

But, I believe that likely should be registering your LLC in every state wherein you are doing business that while I don't necessarily see much of an issue with holding TX properties in a CA LLC, if you're holding those properties out for rent in TX, then you'll likely want to be registered there as well.