You are all right, I will just pay for the repair, I was going to fix it anyways, because it just needs to be done, but I won't press on it with the tenant.Jon, you are right, it is absolutely part of the deal.

We specialize in Shaker Hts and between the taxes, point of sale and rental rates you will be hard pressed to compete with areas like Warren.

Total $34,725 Living Room Sectional $2,000 Coffee table $500 Bookshelf $200 Decor $500 TV $1,700 PS4 $360 TV Mount $100 Rug $1,000 2 lamps $80 Game room Pool table $650 Chairs $200 Dart board + wall protector $200 Decor $100 4 cues $100 Billiard balls $25 Cue holder $100 Lamp $50 Bedroom Furniture set $800 Desk + chair $300 TV (60in) $500 TV Mount $50 Mattress (Casper) $850 Sheets $60.00 Pillows $50.00 PS4 $360.00 Desk lamp $40.00 Comforter set $100.00 Closet hangers $10.00 Laundry hamper $15.00 5x bedrooms total $15,675 (note: furnish 6th bedroom later) Kitchen Pots/pans $150 Knives $60 Silverware $80 Cups $80 Corelle service for 4 X 4 $120 Cutting board $20 30pc utensil set $20 Hotpads $20 Toaster $20 Keurig $150 Coffee mugs $25 Paper towel holder $15 Grill utensils $20 Wine glasses $20 Dish towels $20 Tash can $50 Mixing bowels $30 Bathrooms (x4) Towel sets x 10 (4 bath, 4 hand, 4 wash / rm) $450 Trash cans $60 Soap dispensers $60 1 toilet plunger $15 Toilet brushes $40 Blow dryers (x3, not in guest bath) $60 Shower curtains/rods (x3) $160 Outdoors Furniture set (later) $1000.00 Table & chairs $1,000 Charcoal grill $120 Chiminea (later) $200.00 Dinning Table & chairs $2,000 Office (convert to gym later) Foosball table $425 Rug $300 Gym (later) Concept2 $950 Bench $200 Rack $600 Bar $100 800lbs plates $400 Mats $300 Bowflex dumbells $260 Family/TV room Theater seating for 3 or 4 $2,000 PS4 $360 70in TV $1,700 TV mount $100 Cleaning closet Cleaners $50 Broom $15 mop $15 Vacuum $200 LAUNDRY Washing machine $600 Dryer $500 Ironing board $25 Iron $30

Other similar examples I would group that with: highway billboard, park bench ad, food separator when buying food at the grocery store and you place your food on the conveyor belt for the cashier, etc. 

We had a bench trial today and the tenant has brought a council from the Illinois Tenant Association or something like this.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/11/ftc-acts-shut-down-companies-operating-real-estate-seminar-scheme

Is not the kind of free press I'm after! 

You never recover from such a loss, but learn to adapt and press on.

While I'm certainly not a fan of FNMA, my experience with them over many deals is that they are careful not to do anything that would result in obvious negative press or a lawsuit, so my guess is that there is another side to this story that you're not telling.While FNMA's addendum generally gives them the right to back out of a deal for pretty much any reason, I've never seen that happen, and would be VERY surprised if they backed out just because they got a better offer, and I'd be VERY, VERY surprised if they did this and then tried keeping the earnest money.If the story is as clear cut as you say, why did the escrow/title company release the earnest money to FNMA.

Or press 9 with most robo calls.