If you have the cash to complete the transaction as is, I would recommend simply paying the balance.  

For whatever reason (I suspect to cut cost and time because they were behind) they did not build a retaining wall like they did for the other five properties they built at this time.

then u must have an established relationship with them bc most would just cut you out.  

I'm not going to do anything at this moment, but if I do not hear anything, I was simply just wondering what the options were or if anyone has had this situation before.  

Agents may also have macro data on historical data, local median sale prices, absorption rate, etc to help with your analyses and projections.Networking/build a team: Attend local meetups, virtual meetups and stay active on forums like this.A lot of this will be done in front of a PC unfortunately but if you cut out the noise, you'll be able to maximize your time.Lastly, something that has helped me tremendously with respect to focus and improving efficiency is the pommodor technique. 

Simply tell them they are in violation of the lease and need to do something. 

U simply are not clued into the lending market and the way lenders look at risk thats why you think its a great deal but its only great to you.. most all of us lenders do FAR better than 10% on really nice first position loans with a fraction of the risk.. 

The solution to this is simply!

Is it industry standard to use Passthrough's, as the fee's collected for certain item's are simply collected by the management company, then paid directly to the property management company, making the transactions net to zero for presentation?

But out west here generally speaking surface mining on a small parcel simply will not be allowed in the current zoning code..