Hire another CPA.You wouldn't try and do your own root canal would you?

There's a root cause that needs to be fixed.

Ken,After you disclose an issue the buyers have what's called a "right to their own inquiry".What that means is when you disclose know facts when selling and the buyer is made aware of the fact they can investigate further.If the buyer chooses NOT to for saving money and wants to take the risk then it's on THEM.Remember anyone can sue for anything and doesn't mean they will win.Many times when they threaten a lawsuit they are fishing for quick money and to scare you.They probably found out after the closing that the problem is bigger than they thought to fix and now want you to pick up the tab.For a sewer issue all they had to do is get a plumber to SCOPE to line all the way until the street to find out exactly what the issue is.It could be tree roots,cleanout needs to snaked all the way until the street,etc.If you had a small pipe snaked and not the whole line that won't fix the problem it will usually just push the clog further down the line.No legal advice.

The root issue is not a "little paint".

At the root of it, you're looking for someone who has the ability and willingness to do a good job, which includes being a good decision maker on the smaller, more frequent issues and saving you money in the process.My best suggestion: You may want to look at your existing tenants to see if any of them have the skill set you're looking for.

You must then have the trees hauled, the land raked for roots and then earth brought in to fill the areas where the trees were. 

@Ben LeybovichThere is a very large hospital, university of about 9000 students, a few mines, and a growing number of businesses taking roots in our area providing engineering and manufacturing jobs.

I'm obviously rooting for the extension but unsure how to proceed if he just never responds with anything. 

It is hard to see a crash in residential real estate prices mirroring that of the housing crash of 2008 simply because the cause of this crisis is not rooted in the health of our industry but due to a public health crisis.

Whenever I have lost money or had something not go the way I had planned, I can almost always dig back to the root of the problem and find myself there.