Neither of those features are available to new "partners," so my dad didn't have enough time to react once he figured out that he had to actually collect payment directly from the scammer, who also had an excuse the last three days she was staying at his home with about 10 people (was  supposed to be 6) going in and out of his place.

This is how government is supposed to work.

My lender seems to have done a little mistake and my father who is co-signing was never told he has to be down here for the signing which was suppose to happen today at 1:00 and it cannot happen without a wet signature from him.

But when a template lowball offer comes in (not sure what it's supposed to do beside tick off the seller) You won't be able to recover from your first impression. 

I suppose here is a good time to ask you all, the “more expert than me-s” in the thread: on a scale of “5% return standard deviation bond market” to “15% return standard deviation stock market”, where would you put the unleveraged, post expense rental income of a well managed (aye, there’s the rub) SFH portfolio?

The excavator is supposed to come in the next two weeks to clear and widen the existing driveway to the top of the hill and a site in back for a shed.  

Right, seriously, there's a game on Steam called "Tenants" which, I suppose, is a landlord business simulator.On sale now for $17.49.Quick blurb (not trying to advertise for them, honest):Become a landlord and deal with problematic tenantsas you build your rental property empire.

Your target is the company that received the deposit, that signed the contract and that it was supposed to deliver the homes not the broker that makes a commission on the sale (when the homes gets delivered) on a success basis.Thank you and if you need anything within my reach I will continue to be here for you. 

I suppose my question on this is: Is her simple statement (which came in a text, btw) to me of "I'm moving out," enough for me to take this kind of action?

I suppose I have it in my mind that I'm only able to get a LOC after I've appreciated the property, let it season, and then pursue an appraisal/refi.