Anything that has a contingency is not cash.Listings here will say cash, hard money, or 203k only if they want all three.

There's always typical question like contingency etc etc, that's easy to solve.  

Start with a standard offer, and write a contingency into it for electricity, all the below ground utilities, and then work your way to zoning, permitting etc.

This deal taught me to always budget for contingencies and reinforced the value of a great team!

Sorry you are dealing with that, it sounds awful.My guess is most attorneys are going to charge hourly on something like this unless you are suing the HOA for damages in which case they may take a contingency fee.

Hi Basit,It's probably been a combination of outbid, or out contingencied, and a bit of financing at the levels we want. 

How we protect our buyers is with the inspection, appraisal and financing contingencies.

Of course there are contingencies in place incase something goes wrong.

You could force the seller to bring it up to code before the sale is complete as one of the contingencies of buying it, let them deal with it.

Just ensure the agreement is clear and formalized.Pooling reserves across properties might make sense if you’re confident in your cash flow and other contingencies.