I can no longer lift heavy things or swing a hammer or look up to the sky for to long.  

first, i think the quote was way over the top to jack up the floor, fix the pex and then pour in new concrete. but since you agreed, that's what you owe them. they had no idea that the tunnel was there and it's unfair to expect them to fill up the huge hole. now, if they did not replace the pex and did not pour new cement, that's their loss and i'd deduct. i'll pay them $500 if all they did was jack hammer the old stuff.

Their fear stems from getting hammered from others or feeling like their question is too stupid to ask.

You see folks wanting to get into the business, but they don't have a clue as to how to swing a hammer.

They have a good idea what properties are worth in that area that they "shotgun offers" on. 75% off list they are fairly comfortable with and if there are any issues with inspection they will just try to hammer the price down more, rather than walk away from the deal.

Since yesterday was a Sunday, would you wait until tomorrow to drop the hammer on him?

Here is my suggestion that I sent him that we will hammer out.Investment Partnerships 1.

They are not receiving an ongoing commission unless this is specifically a commercial property - and those agreements are usually hammered out long before they go after a tenant for you.  

What they don't know so well are approaching owners, valuation, title issues, getting a contract signed and taking a seller to settlement, they can bang out the rest with a hammer!

We want to do renovations but we don't personally want to be swinging hammers.