it sounds like you are playing too soft.

I understand that it may be a ‘soft’ 60 days, but there is risk if over.

What were all your soft/closing costs?

I know a drop-in sink with stone counters is not ideal, but it hardly seems worth it to pay $500 or more to buy and have installed a new sink (not to mention what additional faucet cutouts might cost), when the existing sink is perfectly fine and already has a practically new brushed nickel Delta faucet.

Not, the other one...the one you wash your hands, and brush your teeth in.4 - You will see a very familiar looking face.5 - That's the person you should ask this question. 

Review title commitment and survey to make sure to deed restriction and/or HOA in place that would stop you from doing 4 plex2) Meet up with City/County planning office to make sure 4 plex can be build and lot has enough parking spot . 3) Talk to an architect to get an initial foot print, layout and foundation type (i.e. pier beam or post tension slab) 4) Bid out to get estimate for both soft cost (survey + construction drawings + Permit) and hard cost (cost of building)  Without #3 you really cant get hard estimate Problem is that you may not enough time to hash out #2-4.. prior to closing the land .. 

Must be in a mucky/swampy area, but typically they excavate out the soft materials and backfill with good material.

Especially with rents in Ballard getting a little soft after a crazy 10-year run. 

Without knowing anything about your house, I will tell you this: If I asked my PM a legitimate question and he replied with a brush off "LoL" as if I was some kind of idiot, I would fire the PM. 

@Joe VilleneuveTransunion soft-pull and your income (both current and projected)