It seems like a much larger project than a newbie should undertake, but I would also like to capitalize on the opportunity if there is one.Thank you so much for your time!

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In theory, you could undertake legal action to make the seller "perform" on the original contract you had.

He challenge I see is that credit unions are mostly local, so negotiating those one off would be a serious undertaking.

I'm thinking...since I'm saving $15k + in commissions, I could offer potential buyers a $10k redecorating kickback.  

In the instance where your co-tenant over-holds, then the landlord may have a case to hold you both accountable during the over-hold, but should also undertake actions to remove the co-tenant.  

If the person already invested in the property couldn't or couldn't undertake to get it out, I'm sure as hell not going to voluntarily assume that liability.

They're not collecting a fee on a vacant unit or do you have a clause like this:Service Fees: Each time Broker arranges for the Property to be repaired, maintained, redecorated, oraltered as permitted by this agreement, Owner will pay Broker a service fee equal to: (Check one boxonly.)(1) % of the total cost of each repair, maintenance, alteration, or redecoration.(2)The service fees under this Paragraph 12E are earned at the time the repair, maintenance, redecoration, or alteration is made and are payable upon Owner's receipt of Broker's invoiceIf they are making money off the repair or each time they are meeting someone there to give estimates, then yes I would expect them to work harder and faster.  

Understanding many of the pieces, like load, is an important part of the due diligence every investor should undertake and I'm happy to educate anyone that is interested in learning more.Best- Leslie

Closing costs on a typical transaction run about 2-3% of the properties value depending on local transfer and redecoration taxes, lenders fees etc.