Any advice on how to approach the board?

They were also incredibly quick and responsive in the application process, showing immense interest in the unit. 

The quick version. I own, no lien, an older 40’ yacht. I have spent a good amount of money fixing everything as all boat owners know. Now, I am not using it and either have to S or get off the pot. Boat and job ar...

I thought about approaching the seller about writing me a check for $100k after the initial closing and doing a second mortgage type arrangement.

I never thought about that or took that approach. 

I don't like to use parts of the existing one, particularly in cases where refrigerants have changed.There will be people that are able to get things done for less money, but the high efficiency and reliability that we get makes this approach work for us.

I was approached by a realtor/broker/developer to do a larger storage project. 

As others have already stated, there are certainly pros and cons to this approach.

  $500 is incredibly minor, you probably have 10 times that amount in undiscovered problems.You going to pay a lawyer $350 an hour with a 20 hour retainer to sue over $500?

This is my first post here - I'll try to keep it short.I've become incredibly interested in REI over the past 3 months.