Their reasoning is: if I use it to put in an offer, the offer gets approved, and they do not like the deal it then puts me in a very bad spot scrambling to find alternate funds.

They passed a law here a year or two ago in my state that allows landlords to pursue tenants for the entire lease terms rent, so I suppose that would be the alternative.

The other alternative is to stick with city sewer.

There is an element of trust that was established in his eyes over the alternatives due to your community involvement.

I am doing my first house and i was hoping to find a quicker alternative to tile back splash.

Unions play some factor in pricing but have been more open to negotiate recently since the alternative is for the union members to not have a job or take a pay cut.

Another alternative is to ask your local Real Estate Investors Association.

We ended up with a few too many properties that completed rehab at the same time; so we thought we might try auctioning a couple using a company called RealtyBid as an alternative to selling on the MLS.We usually sell for 10% below market value (in order to drive traffic) and by the time we pay $3k+ for buyers closing costs/incentives we are getting close to the 15% below market that RealtyBid estimate we should achieve.

Bankruptcy should be a final alternative not an intial reaction.

The alternative would be to simply sell it either during (if the court allows it or you don't need to file for such) probate and just collect the money there instead after estate settlement.