Fix: Shut off system, power off outside unit at disconnect, hose out condenser (gently) with garden hose and nozzle, let it dry out for a couple of hours, reconnect power outside, turn system on.I haven't seen this one myself, but it's possible: most furnaces since the late 80s or early 90s have an interlock switch on the blower compartment door; if you take the door off (like to change the filter), it shuts off all the power to the furnace, which also makes the A/C not work. 

Being that it's your family the feeling in the room might be a tad bit more gentle but what usually wins people over is a method that proves to be working or some sort of progress made in the direction of a really good plan working.Secondly, I'm a REALLY BIG boxing fan, I know of boxing twins that reside in the Houston area, along with some other major players in the boxing world. 

As you drive through a neighborhood you may see the trees swaying in the gentle breeze or that paper cup blowing down the side of the road or even that sharp car that just zipped by you, but are you noticing the things you need to be noticing?

His equity was such that he might make a couple thousand dollars on the house after making the effort to fix it up and clean it, and paying real estate agents and other fees, so I could sort of see why he just wanted out.At first, I was planning to wholesale or bird-dog the house, just as a way to get a gentle introduction into real estate investing.After getting some advice on BP, though, I realized that if his only option to get out of the house with no work was selling sub2, there was no reason on earth for me to not purchase it myself!

If one of them dies, you can literally have a used appliance guy get you a gently used machine for less than a repair. 

Currently reading:Verbal Judo - The Gentle Art of Persuasion...and The Camel Club by David Baldacci for pleasure.

This works if the tenant is a good paying tenant & you have to have a gentle touch.  

Drain tiled the basement, new appliances, new kitchen flooring, new basement carpeting, upgrades to plumbing system and gas appliance lines, buff and coated hardwood floors.

I would gently speak to them and ask them for a faster turnaround and see how they react.

After the brush has been mostly clean you can then gently ham it into the sink bottom to remove the last little bit.