Our neighbors, who live below us, smoke cigarettes and all the smoke comes into our apartment. What do I do to stop them?

Unless your apartment has or starts a no smoking policy, you are out of luck.

Is this retaliation by landlord? constructive eviction(?)? do i need to abide by landlord's sudden change of rules?

Did you make prior complaints to any governmental agencies? You need to have done this to prove retaliatory eviction.

Am I a holdover tenant or month to month?

Don't pay anything and fight, you can probably stall for several weeks.

I had a home equity line of credit, my home was foreclosed on in 2009, I had an 80/20 loan to purchase the house, the...

NO, but consult a local attorney to look over the paperwork

Hire an attorney to set aside the default and go to trial by jury!

I'm being dragged into a bogus residential real-estate non-disclosure issue. What is an effective defense / strategy?

You are on the hook to settle or try the case. Consider what it might cost to try and settle below that figure if possible.

Is it a violation of the HBOR sell property not described in the Deed of Trust if the deed of trust is in error?

I agree with Mr. Kitta

Selling my house to a daughter and splitting the accrued equity between my 2 children. Should I deed, gift or inherit the money?

Do what both attorneys suggest, better to get sound advice prior to making a mistake you can not correct.

How do I calculate rent owed for an unlawful detainer when I have been including late fees in the running balance?

No late fees are allowed, just sue for the rent, it will be hard enough to collect that.

If a quit deed was done on my townhouse what are my rights since I've had repairs done that I've payed for and what deposit

Was the Quitclaim before or after the repairs? Who owns the townhouse now?