My lawyer has been brief and said its still waiting to be stamped by the court.

I’m also relatively new and this is really a foolproof affordable means to try first (cost of paper and stamps).

-NH State Transfer Tax Stamps: $15/thousand of purchase price, split 50/50 between buyer and seller (unless agreed otherwise); so typically 0.75% of the purchase price paid by the buyer.

I would also take a date-stamped picture showing the satellite dish still on the roof. 

You know permits will take a week minimum unless it is a basic rubber stamp (roofing, siding, etc).

You still have to pay for flyers, stamps, marketing, signs, etc...   

I would keep all of that and then just him a new check via regular mail.Except I'd also add one more line item to the deductions for unnecessarily having to buy a 50 cent stamp, because he was too lazy to pick up the certified mail you'd already sent. 

Bring stamped plans and permits to a local lender with your pro-forma.

I can't stress this enough, take photos and video with audio to time stamp.

If you do plan on doing some rehab then for sure stage after the rehab.6) There is a date stamp on the first picture from 2011.