Provide snacks, bottled water, premium coffee, s'more kits, maybe even a small gift. 

They're emails don't really suffice (watered down info) as they hide accountability and only seem to be prefer an aggressive approach (from scaling their operations too quickly to form an OpCo during the trough of the economic cycle) to now going after their lenders.

On the water why did it come in? 

Long-time paramedic, getting my size 16 feet into the water providing safe and affordable rentals to those that need it. 

What is the depth of the water and how consistent is it?

@Miguel GonzalezEvidence of foundation issues or water intrusion would be a concern.

Perhaps your father would be on-board with that toe in the water of REI. 

My first question is whether there is any arrangement for water and sewage, and I have many more.

A pattern has started, and now he' testing the waters to see what he can get away with in the long run, which means you no longer have authority in the relationship.

I regularly buy 80-120 year old buildings and the biggest expense I’ve had that was not planned for was putting in a new larger hot water heater in a location where the old one wasn’t quite keeping up.