Guaranteed millionaire, retirement plan, health plan, do civil service after that and get another retirement.  

I never made mention of legal action, as I wanted to keep things civil.

Other than what is already mentioned, I will pull from my previous live as a Civil Engineer.

I actually got a cop to come out the second day and he said the same thing it was a civil case.

There is plaintiff's exhibit #1 for your civil suit (unless water co doesn't pursue it further).

Once you show a pending litigation its funny how things get resolved especially if you have it in writing

I just briefed the law but in California if a tenant dies in a rental unit you must disclose to the prospective tenant that the previous tenant died and manner of death for 3 years from the previous tenant's death.I don't know about you but I will pay for someone like this to relocate as with this law it could have a serious impact on the ability to rent and ability to cover extended expenses until a tenant is found who is willing to rent a dead guy's apartment.Reference "California Civil Code Section 1710.2"

Either way they pose an incredible amount of litigation risk for a brokerage.These types of brokerages mainly have agents for numbers and trying to squeeze out a buck.

My background: CM degree and heavy civil PM work.

Not sure if your pricing is in all-in cost, or just the construction, but you'll see costs for architectural, civil, MEP, landscape, and other engineers, as well as interior design, permitting, utilities, accounting, legal, and others.If you've never built before, be ready for a much longer process than you're used to with buying.