They were also crystal clear about not guaranteeing the floor, even with a subfloor, unless the underlying foundations issues were fixed.

Other things to consider: ALWAYS be CRYSTAL clear on roles in the deal.

I have no crystal ball.I am not in the business of giving people second chances.

May need to be made crystal clear to the listing agent that they are not to be negotiating a deal with the buyer.Keep in mind that I'm not in your shoes and neither me nor anyone else here fully understand this situation.

No one has a crystal ball but people are saying 7-10 years until we get back to 2006 levels.

Make sure you again make it crystal clear that tenants are never permitted to do any work on the unit themselves regardless of their skill set.

Hi Crystal, a question to think about,  "if I had a mortgage payment of $1300, $1,800, or $2500 on that house, should one of those be the rate of the rent?"  

Renting out a few years from now may cover the mortgage but without a crystal ball I can't speak to this.

I don't know about you but my crystal ball is in the shop right now so I'm not sure what interest rates will look like in 10 years.

If only we had the crystal ball.