It was winter time and the ground was soft and muddy. 

Account Closed you can pm me with info and I can help.... you should put in $175-200 sqft for the build cost and then back in all soft cost that will give you a ball park. 

My residents do not touch a brush or roller unless they are a professional painter by day.  

Just don't mistake soft sub-floors and heaving foundations for charm and you should be okay.   

I can brush it off and move on.. but others could be set back years ... and or end up with stress related illness's or extreme marital discord.. the blow back on this type of thing can be pretty serious other than a deal gone bad.  

Not some poor slob trying to brush his teeth.Lastly, you might have noticed that there is a largish body of water near CA.

Usually a lot of other investors, agents, lenders, etc. all hangout in similar networking events and brushing shoulders with them will give you an immediate leg up instead of just engaging on BP. 

There are many scam ones that run a little brush through and charge you, but the reputable ones can fully scrub the ducts.

Also, Hal has some good suggestions like brushing your teeth right away and others.Highly recommend that book!

You don't want to jump out of the frying pan into the fire.If this woman has "your best interest at heart" as you claim, she should be willing to absorb some of this loss on her side of the ledger, or at the very least work out some kind of credit moving forward.It's not fair to paint them all with the same broad brush, but it seems when it is not their own money being spent, many PMs seem quite cavalier about this sort of thing.