Did you pour cement for the pads?

The difference in floor thickness above the subfloor between the stapled-down plywood covered by sheet vinyl (3/8-1/2 in.) and the cement board underlayment+tile+layers of mortar (3/4-1 in.) is often enough to make pulling the dishwasher problematic, depending on how the leveling system was set up on the dishwasher originally.

One of my clients in NYC backed out of a deal because the backyard 1. was paved incorrectly causing leaking and water sewage issues and 2. was looking like a cement jungle with the brownstones and fences around it.

Plumbing in old construction bathrooms is often times encased in cement.

What I'd like to see the city of Detroit do is make a handful of neighborhoods into re-hab zones.Drop those big cement barricades down the middle of the streets of a 12 square block area, with chain link fences on top 10 feet tall.A sort of theft prevention fort, with only one way in and out.Then put a temporary Police substation inside the forts on empty lots, just a trailer or two and a handful of Patrol Officers, and a Desk Sargent.Then for the structures inside the forts, give out City grants for new windows (that fit the exiting openings) New doors, new roofs, and tuck pointing matching color mortar.Also grants for new PEX water piping, and up to date electrical code wiring.Give each quasi-fort a name and a 7 year lifespan, then the fences come down.This would give added protection to the workers, and the construction material, as well as provide several oasis of re-development in the city.Just doing a random building here and there, is not going to stabilize an area or make it feel more safe (for the workers as well as the residents.)Call them things like Fort Corktown 1, Fort Bricktown 3, Fort Greektown 2,etc...Basically make the taxpayers fund a big re-hab effort for their city via grants, add $100 to each residential property tax bill to pay for these grants.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/1106515-larger-apartment-building-rehabs-for-cheap-prices-in-detroitJust my 2 cents

and used self leveling cement to cover the grout we could not scrape up and then laid LVP.

Removing old fence and taking to dump, carry new lumber and cement to backyard, digging and installing, in the end I don't think I saved money, just a piece of mind knowing the job was done right.

I know that if someone walked me through a deal the first time that this would give me some real world experience that would help me cement the whole process even if each deal is a little different at least this would provide a basic foundation to go by and I only have $20,000 USD so I need to make this work.

Is there a form availble in the FILEPLACE to cement the agreement between  us?

We renovated (ripped down to the cement block), added egress windows and now rent for 1600/mo.