.: Quote from @Jerryll Noorden: No decent professional would take on an expensive job, start and finish it, and then charge you five figures without a contract in place.So, refusing to pay him might end up causing more headaches than it's worth.

For whatever reason my  agent seems to think that my offer won’t get accepted cause “most buyer prefer and will chose non VA” Idfk.

Here there is a 25 GPG hardness and .2-.8PPM (not sure specifically what my rental has), which leads to buildup and rust, in addition, there has been a history of too high magnesium which caused an advisory from the city itself about potentially unsafe levels of magnesium. 

For example FHA guidelines say you can deny an ESA if they cause an undue financial burden, cause a direct threat to the health and safety of others (the letter from the neighbor supports this), or cause substantial physical damage to the property.

The right of first refusal, while I do not oppose that in general, was set up in a way that will cause landlords to vacate their buildings before listing to avoid having to go through the uncertainty and months of limbo with tenants. 

The other unit he rented to his daughter and family, they lasted 2 months and caused $5000, in damages to the brand new unit""3 years later over $150,000 of renos, he seems to keep coming to us with repairs after repairs"Sorry, but after her requested moving outlets for appliances, I would have said this isn't going to work. 

3rd treatment within 30 days today and no way to prove on either side who or what caused the fleas.

They are also not something you should take lightly since they can cause some serious damage over time.

We're all guilty of it, but I do agree the OP doing it is a sham.No one is avoiding your zooms cause we're scared, we're avoiding them cause we don't respect you. 

I do not know what the extent of any damages caused by the squatter are yet, but, my question would be, who should be responsible for paying for any damages caused by this said squatter?