Are yo willing to shorten your contract extension clause--this show the seller good faith?

Hey @Jose Gonzalez the short answer is faith brother.  

I took the leap of faith and bought both.

He knows I can't legally cut off landlord paid utilities and he faithfully pays tenant-named utilities.  3 months of eviction notices and a court date later, he moves out the morning of eviction day.

Don't lose faith! 

I also mailed him $250 as a sign of good faith because as frustrated as I am with him and as much as this is the last thing I wanted to do, I realize this whole mess could have been avoided if it wasn't for my own shortcomings regarding the lease - and if I am going to continue to rent the house with clear guidelines for parking in the lease, then I would like to remain on good terms with him to avoid more problems in the future (as much as possible, anyway).So now I'm going to dig into the survey and my deed to see what rights I have regarding the driveway and let things cool down for a bit. 

Our lender has communication issues but I will wait until I see how quick their draw process works before I lose complete faith in the company

@Thomas Lee Malpass you are in California, you can ask your landlord to let you out of the lease early and see what they say, if they were to say no and you left you probably wouldn't be on the hook for too much of the remaining lease assuming you have kept the property nice you might be paying for a month or two max assuming your landlord acts in good faith.

A bogus contract, or a voidable contract is one where one or both parties are not acting in good faith, where there is no intent or ability to perform.

In my own house the upstairs heat has gone out this year and we must "jiggle" the master toilet to get it to fill and flush.Also my faithful washer finally died after 34 years....and I replaced it with another washer a tenant had left behind when they got evicted (tenants who move into our properties with appliances get NEW washers and dryers).gail