The prospective tenant just told me that she has a baby sitting business with 6 kids a day maximum. 

Now I have a better understanding in the paying process but it was baby sitting in every step.

With 70 million baby boomers retiring, they're not moving to NY or NJ for the cool winters and high taxes I can tell you that!

This home was 'our baby'.It is meticulous on all levels.  

That credit report "tells the tale" baby!   

There're enough reasons to hold an opposite opinion, too - the one your CPA holds.

I’d fight tooth and nail also.

[Real Estate investing included]Nature tells that a baby cannot walk in 1 month while logic tells us a 90-year-old may not be able to run a marathon in the Himalayas in 1 day. 

The first step is to recognize there's a problem and get mad at it.I used Dave Ramsey's baby steps to get out of consumer debt, $87k worth.

Well in that case he can just sit there with his dough in escrow and wait it out.. you will need to check the nuances of NY contract law on this.. cant really tell you myself.. but if they do cancel and EM is returned then yes your out of contract and no one is obligated to either party.NOW one out of the box thought is..you split the baby down the middle.come back and say HEY this is taking forever .. why don't I leave 50k in escrow  while you work it all out and just realase the 350k so I can at least put it in a money market account..