I offered them one of my properties at 15 k under any comparable and one offered half that amount.

Either the agent "bought the listing" by promising some ridicules price, or a stubborn owner who put a couple grand in upgrades and expects to get double that back plus labor.Bottom line, if the house was burned to the ground, infested, with 2 liens, but was worth $800,000 and would only take half of that to make all the problems go away... and the asking price was $1000..... it would be sold by nightfall. 

It is 2 miles from the River line in Burlington. 

I know I can easily file it, however since they are doing half the work, it will most likely be worth it to have them finish the process.

Consider a larger area, is the small town a bedroom community of a larger city, or is it miles away having to survive on its own population?

So even though I'm sure she's comfortable in the current situation, she would stand to make a nice chunk of change on the appreciation and could probably find a small condo for half that amount.

I had to leave in mid-August, so we allowed her to start her tenancy the day before I left and gave her the half month of August rent free.

Well the Chicagoland area is 10,857 sq miles...

So many other forums I've read (professional or hobby interest) are full of flame wars-- like there's an army of trolls waiting to devour the most recent half-baked idea.But on BP even when people post "I'm 21, no job, skills or money, and I want to be an overnight millionaire" the community gives them the benefit of the doubt, and encourages them to get then training & networking to accomplish that.

Runners approaching the 20th mile in the summer heat will know exactly what I'm talking about.