Not an association problem per se, but it effectively holds up any progress.Call and talk to the manager (please tell me they have professional management?!?).  

Don't know the terms of the offer or if an agent was engaged in the transaction, but this is a case where DIY fails due to insufficient understanding.The offer should have NOT been on a standard residential form, but used a Commercial Property FormThat form gives the opportunity to require the seller [x]  To deliver the property vacant.OR on the standard form, to add that contingency Without that, the BUYER is required (in Calif at least) to perform a NO Fault Eviction and that means relocation fees will be awarded to the tenant.I fear this was a DIY purchase and you're on the hook for the consequences.

But I have no idea if making this change will actually effect anything or not.

My guess is that long term negative rates will not have a huge effect on residential OO real estate.

I like the back-out clause (10% of the expected price, or something to that effect)@Sean Cole- I thought the premise of that show was that Chip/Jo were basically a one stop shop for their clients, from purchase to sell and everything in between.

Hoping bigger pockets will give me more understanding of how to make the more effective decisions in the market.

@Terry Koepp You'll want to look into and understand UBIT (unrealted Business Income Tax) and how it will effect your investment.  

Keep in mind some things won't show themselves for awhile, a house usually gives up most of it's ghosts in a 1 year cycle, this allows it to go through the seasonal changes of moisture, expansion and contraction and tear itself apart where it needs to, tile floors will show cracked grout within a year, letting you know they weren't installed with proper underlayments, drywall will crack at doors and windows showing the house movement do to soil getting wet and drying out where it shouldn't, the basement will get wet showing you where the freeze thaw is effecting it, paint in bathrooms will show mold in a year showing you that the flipper didn't vent exhaust fans properly and the list will go on and on... 

Now that we understand each other better and, in an effort to avoid an interruption in rent and the cost of painting, I would like to keep him.However, a touchy issue arose this week: Apparently the couple below him has been engaging in some very loud and difficult arguments including what sounds to him like glass breaking against walls.

If I split the water line how would it effect if work needed to done on the water line connecting to the back house?