They broke that contract by giving bits of useful information, but not in a take-home form and hours of:-- Tony Robbins knock-off, change your life rah, rah, positive thinking talks--Would-be actor impressions and dancing from the stage--Political, state of the economy reports (this was especially offensive if one did not share those views and if you have read a newspaper or listened to any news in the last year)-- Lengthy personal stories--short is OK--over an hour and more not relevant--AGAIN and again and again selling of the program which took hours of time--this was incredibly irritating.

The advice you already received to engage an attorney is something you should follow.Writing checks on a closed account is a criminal offense - see if the county will prosecute this tenant.What sort of screening process did you use on this tenant before you let this tenant move in?

But it is even more offensive that you're asking them to take a pay cut on a $95k sale.

Steer clear of MN and IL (no offense to anyone currently investing there!)

No offense to @Nick Vehr here at all but a professional property manager has the correct wording in their application legal disclaimer, the reservation deposit agreement and their lease so that a tenant who fails to move in wold absolutely forfeit any monies paid.

They already have their plan in motion... and it doesn't include you (no offense).  

As someone who drives a 2018 Kia Picanto I take offense. 

If what one client needs done takes four to five hours and they don't have another project reasonably close by to fill the remainder of the day, they lose out - thus they charge for their availability per se, more so than their actual time.True professionals shouldn't take any offense to a client asking about rates/costs/etc., so don't be shy next go-round - ask ahead of time and make your hiring decision accordingly.

@Greg Ellis (I was being light hearted about my last comment--hope you didn't take offense).

The thought of managing and working with contractors make me queasy (no offense contractors!