The house I just bought last week with 5% down was $620k purchase and the PMI is $108 per month, so pretty minimal in the big scheme of things; I would't pay the extra $93k to save $108 per month, that's only a 1.4% premium.

. $1,520.00•Demo about 12” of walls and rip out entire shower pan and step •Install cement board on exposed wall •Apply RedGuard and Waterproof membrane to shower pan and up the exposed walls •Install new drain adapter in shower floor •Install new tiles provided by client Optional (just in case fixing shower pan does not fix the water leak) rebuild shower. costs extra $5100•Demo shower • New plumbing for a new fixture •Install cement board on exposed wall •Apply RedGuard and Waterproof membrane to shower pan and up the exposed walls •Install new drain adapter in shower floor •Install new tiles provided by client •Client provides plumbing fixture

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I really don’t want the seller to just walk away because the U&O is too difficult (I also went through this process about a month ago with another home.)Should I call offer some advice/contractors number to hire to get it fixed up, go get a lawyer involved, or do I have other options?

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Even if not a single extra unit will ever be rented in that town.  

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

a few extra steps to use it to buy groceries with but that's OK.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

He stayed an extra 2 months after that, promising to pay.