I would plan on exploring this from either Sheetrock wall on opposite side of opening up the wall from the tiled surface in the bathroom.You probably will not be able to keep the deposit in this case, and as you mentioned it was a 2 "flat" I am assuming you're in the greater Chicago metro and your L & T laws are very strict there.I would do as another post suggested and either have it repaired by current owner prior to closing to your satisfaction - meaning you are physically on the job site to witness extent of damage or lack there of due to water, or, renegotiate and ask for a concession for the issue - and this could be a moderately expensive problem depending on the length of time it has been leaking and given the possible location of the shower/bath to supporting wall etc should lumber need to be replaced.

From experience I know that military moves are fast paced and stressful so I did a few things to ease their transition;Made sure they left Illinois with keys already in hand even though their lease wasn't officially started so they wouldn't have to go to a hotel or wait to link up with my agent for keys if they arrived at odd hours.Left Directv hooked up and operational so they could keep the kids entertained during unloading.Sent a large fresh fruit and snacks basket from Wine Country Gifts so they could have something immediately coming off of road trip food.Left them some furniture so they wouldn't have to get everything unloaded right away just to have a place to sit and relax after a long trip.Left them recommendations for the best vet in the area in case they had problems with their pets upon arrival.Just little things that I hope made for a little less stressful day 1.

Then if they decide they do not want to be landlords they could unload all of them for top dollar based on the higher income.

It all started when he called me about the collateral damage to his garage but he actually wanted to unload his property several months prior to the fire.

Personally I would simply want to unload it as is and move on to the next one.

If you can get it cheaper and unload or walk away. 

They're just carts full of DG product, and you have to unload the semi trailers by hand.

One catch that may come up is if the the HOA is ever caught in litigation, this may hamper your ability to unload the condo at your convenience - it deters buyers and banks.  

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Or does she want the lumber?