I showed him the parts that talk about dates/term of the lease (one standard and other my “Others” note) and his high confidence we can use this clause stems from that.

One of the key benefits for memberships is that it's a lifetime membership (no ongoing fees or expiration date).

We asked the owner if we could start painting the house before the closing date...

Ironically, Taylor often only sent emails to just one of us, until she had multiple reminders.We obtained, as requested, payoff letters for our mortgages with the date of December 31st.

If not then probably better to just continue paying for it yourself, unless you want to speed up the process and you are constrained by cash.Your decision to refinance is going to be contingent on what your long term plans are.

Honestly, upgrading to a commercial-grade stackable setup like Speed Queen or Maytag might be your best bet.

An investor is going to want to have a specific date they can get their money out of the deal. 

These I have found are real, striving parents, working their butts off to provide the best housing and school system for their children.My ethos in this approach is exactly why we at LaPlante refer to them as Residents, as we consider "Tenant and Landlord" to be dated terms and rife with negative emotion.

One of the REPS cases (I forget which off hand) they were basically like...petitioner states they spent 8 hours on X date supervising painters at the property and we find it highly unlikely that anyone would sit and watch paint dry for 8 hours. 

The house is a foreclosure so we cannot extend closing date.