(roof, well, tree roots raising the A/C unit at a 20 degree angle, soft, uneven  floors under carpet, etc.)  

Lenders may provide a Letter of Interest and this will give you a soft loan commitment from the lender.

Now having capital in CD versus it in soft assets or hard assets, eh I'd take the hard one's first.

Make sure you are being nice, (a soft answer turneth away wrath) just being nice will go along ways! 

Maybe that math is a bit over your head but it is simple and actually you take usually 80% of the improvement and divided by x years (based on residential or commercial) to get the proper amount for the tax right offs and you still have so many more deductions, so let's not brush off that subject. 

-How to make a "soft pass" offer.

With all of that being said, does anyone have a legal soft proof of funds letter (pre-approval) that is editable and will work in all 50 states?

We went into a unit, and I handed them paint brushes and a bucket of primer and told them to paint what they want wherever they wanted.

Caulk isn't used to patch drywall because it is very soft when it dries.