That seems like a fairly good way to save face while being less official with the offer.

And, since expenses like taxes and insurance were unaffected, if you weren't getting $200+ in positive cash flow before the downturn, you were now in Negative Land and thus officially screwed. 

I do have the building code official's number on speed dial however.

Our country and people have become accustomed to "agencies" and unelected officials making their regulations and rules that are in reality laws, and it is against what our founding fathers planned.

See it here:https://azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/eo_2020-14_0.pdfI would contact your lender and tell them your hands are being bound by the state, and then also call your local officials and ask for protection for landlords as well.Ultimately, the hope is that lenders would offer landlords a loan forbearance, and that landlords will offer the same forbearance to their tenants

In this instance, the EMD was held with escrow, Notice to Perform was issued, the Escrow was officially cancelled and EMD returned. 

We are lucky that the government stimulus package will help us with the immediate expenses, but that is not all we can do.On our side, we have called the office of the president, our state reps in the Federal government, our state elected officials, even our local officials to add our voice to the effort and push for some relief (soon!).

I only required that she give me the apartment officially, keys and all, and not just disappear.I've been in this business for many years, and have learned that you can't make people live where they don't want to live.

You didn't have official financial commitment from the lender by the 21 days so they would have to refund your deposit, so don't worry about that. 

@Zee D. this was just announced yesterday in IllinoisIllinois DCEO Says Open Houses are Not Allowed Today, the Illinois Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has added language pertaining to real estate as an essential service to the official DCEO guidance on Essential Businesses and Operations FAQs.