What is customary in Colorado may not be the case in Massachusetts.

You can sue the contractor in small claims ("justice") court if the total dispute is $10,000 or less.You don't necessarily have to have an attorney... but in a typical breach of contract case in Texas, the plaintiff can recover his attorney's fees if he wins the case. 

@Vincent Crane That is likely the case in many areas.

In the course of some civil litigation my corporate law firm identified and was able to get me assigned the rights to a tax sale certificate and assignment of the certificate holders rights in the accompanying Circuit...

Grow a small garden or hit up a farmers market and buy your protein right, Drink water, etc.It doesn’t take much knowledge or education to do any of this it’s all very simple and common sense but most people have lost the ability to be disciplined and hold themselves accountable.  

You almost certainly will lose any deposit you were required to put up, and depending on where you are attending the court house auction it could be that you lose the full bid amount (might as well just take the property if that is the case). In

I don't think it is a good idea to promote the idea that your property is somehow substandard or improperly maintained if this is the case.  In

Case in point, about 7 months after joining TMF I had my own deal under contract.

I'm not sure this is the case in every state, but it is in most of them.

The second mortgage holder, a local community bank, then took over the case in an attempt to foreclose on their second mortgage.