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I have a tenant who came by way of a temporary housing agency. 

Hire a local electrician to do a service calc, and if need be, then upgrade your electrical service and while your at it setup a dual meter electrical service if your going through all the trouble of an upgrade anyways.

The core issue is about agency and who the agent represents during the transaction and fiduciary duty.The agent should have given you an agency disclosure form up front stating who the agent represents.Without a contract, the disclosure should have checked off "in the interest of the: [x] Seller as [x] Seller's agent."

@Khang Nguyen - more on Cap Ex vs Current expenses (Canadian) : https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/t...

Also, if you're putting signs in front of your rehabs, wouldn't you want them to have the dual purpose of both advertising the rehab and you as an agent?

I practically apologized to them for their agent being a liar.If you don’t have an agent working only for you (not a dual agent who also represents the seller,) you always should.If you did not get an inspection (especially if it is a contingency in the contract,) get one.

He owns the Inspector Rob Agency.

So since it is an REO listed with a local realty agency, is it likely that they can take it off and sell it as one of the options that you listed?

Dual agency is legal in New York, and it's sweet for the agent (because the agent can double side the commission), but it's really not the best situation for a buyer and a seller.Dual agency requires you to give up some of the fiduciary duties that an agent owes to you - so you're really getting diminished service by using the seller's agent in the same transaction.At a bare minimum, ask the seller's agent if you can use another agent in his brokerage - that way at least you can keep all of the fiduciary duties intact.