Therefore, if push came to shove and the owner of the encroached lot next door demanded removal (far fetched but possible, and the very reason why people demand it be title insurable), the lot could be denied a building permit unless the owner obtained a variance.  

The agent.A short sale is pretty much this in a nutshell1) Buyer is in trouble and sends hardship to bank2) Agent does analysis and comes up with price (Which is of course lower than what is owed to bank)3) Bank says, go ahead and put it on the market4) Somebody looks at house and puts in offer5) Seller accepts any offer that comes in because they want out (regardless of how much the bank loses)6) Bank takes weeks/months to pay for their own evaluation, look at how long on the market, run an internal appraisal, look and do a cost benefit analysis on the loan and property7) Bank accepts/counters or denys the offer (provided they decide to do anything at all and not just foreclose on the original borrower and take the house themselves)I have it happen monthly....

In my case, we do no deny tenants based on bankruptcy (only evictions), and this tenant would probably get a thumbs up, pending employment verification etc). 

After all inspections done, you'll get removal of contingencies and then, if Buyer changed their mind - your Seller gets EM.Even when people are still living in the property, they allow for the Buyer to get inside - for example, their mom travelled from another state to see the house her kids are buying.During the time of contingency/pending sale it's not totally Sellers house anymore - it's more like Buyers house.Of course, you advice not to abuse the right to check it out but it's understandable that people want to see it again - especially if it's first time homebuyers or much more expensive house than their current.They could get cold feet without seeing the house if you're afraid of that, but if they see something in the basement like water after rain - it's better to agree on remediation during waiting for the mortgage commitment rather than at final walk through.That's might be a deal breaker at the last day,  while during the waiting time you could work it out. 

I deny answering any of his questions for the fact that I had no idea who this man was.

That was denied with all types of excuses.

I was denied access to our HOA attorney for his guidance.

Some months the bill will be more than $400 and some months less but it should average out.A couple tips: increase the bill by about 10% to cover tenants that abuse the utilities ($110 per tenant, $40 extra for you).

Still in the process of fixing up the main floor unit from the abuse it took from previous renters.  

I don't care how well you rehab the house and if U pull all permits if your tenant base is abusing and transient your goose is cooked before you ever started..