Also, the tenting method uses a gas which permeates everything- books and papers, plastic, and much more!

This sounds like a appetizer you'd get in a French restaurant (along with french bread, french fries, french toast, etc.

go to the basement and tape a 2'x2' square of plastic to the floor, taping all 4 sides to create a seal.  

Seeing how these porcelain (infused with plastic} planks are installed, I don't see how the floor could be waterproof, as it seems moisture could easily slip through the crack between the tiles.

Also it kept us from buying a pig that would have required plastic surgery not just lipstick. ????

@Larry Fried definitely, I've been taking advantage of it plenty :P

@Joel Owens @Joe Villeneuve thanks you very much fow weighing in on this and seems as though there aren't many secrets out there, but a lot of work and then jumping in @Larry Fried I sent you a message@Shawn M.

Flexible pipes usuall aren't allowed, look out for flexible plastic dryer vents!

On the exact wording to be able to get out if find something differant check with your realtor but on short sales alot of the time you have to wait up to a month to get the ok to close and then they want it done ASAP.My agent said it will be today (fri) that I sign the extension papers.

If you have copper or plastic, it's even easier with water still on the line: buy a push-on valve, cut the existing pipe clean, open the new valve and push it into place.