Now ANYONE that would dare to argue any of what I said.. before you come with any lip, I DARE you to answer this simple question:If you could choose... which one would you choose?

The first thing you need to do is tighten up your lips.

We always remove the caulk when we see a shower weep hole covered.That's just for the shower pan and yes you should not caulk them as they let water trapped on the shower pan lip get out.

However, the language in the contract said they would only consider it, but were paying me lip service right up until the closing date.  

I reached out to a few agents via phone in my area put they all seem to be tight lipped about the process flow.

@Michael Skoczylas your lips to Gods ears - The earlier the better!! 

In my community, and in my family for that matter, financial freedom is looked at with raised eyebrows and puckered lips.

I advise everyone to do a scope and sometimes there are issues.. invasive roots, a lip in the line, or old lines that need to be replaced with PVC.

Really the only thing you can do is do what they ask you to do and bite your lip.

My previous life I dealt with storm water run-off for development and I had exposure to a half a dozen western states a couple dozen large cities and most only give lip service to water quality and properly managing run-off peaks from development when compared to the Denver Metro area.