He said he will take $1500 for the fridge, microwave, dish-wash, and stove.

For example the building and land wash into the ocean during a landslide. 

Food bowls, 5, filled and washed twice a day. 

After several weeks of leaking into the joint the dirt had washed away creating a 'tunnel' that was more or less a direct shot from the leak in the water line to the leak into the sewer line....and all the leaky water just 'disappeared'....it's just like an underground stream creating a cave, only difference is it's man made and you're paying for it.I'm not saying it is what is happening here....but you say there is a basement, any chance it is leaking into your drain tile/sump and being discharged?

I think the original poster has been brain-washed into thinking diversity is some kind of thing she has to talk about to be a "cool person." 

She told me she had taken my stuff home to wash...

For *most* sellers it is close to a wash, I think.

If it's a house in the city with no yard, maybe sweep or wash the stoop and sidewalk. 

Tore out carpets and finished hard woods, painted entire house (interior), power washed What was the outcome?

I didn’t care what his water bill was - he had leaky faucets and toilets throughout the complex!