If she has to contribute to the interest payments or property, her reserves will diminish further causing problems with future financing.  

Stick to figuring out motivation on the phone, cause at the end of the day, all you need is a motivated seller :)

Just cause homes are cheap in the big Red Machine town.  

However if the contractor did cause the neighbors spike in usage/bill, it will be passed along to the owner who hired him, and he was working for. 

I have heard the chatter all the way up to Southern Ocean County about the job losses caused by the 2 casinos closing in a couple days in Atlantic City NJ and maybe another one in a couple months as my friends whom are B & H ers (and bought to high) have tenants that rely on the casino industry and they were just notified by there tenants they may be forced to leave.

It is important to get these recorded and they MUST be recorded in order or it will cause real problems if you need to foreclose for some reason. 

I can only say thank you for illustrating the kind of thinking that could potentially cause selling agents to not give me a fair shake when they present my offers to their clients.What would you suggest I do? 

or does this cause any problems for the investment group?

Sure seems like a great way to cause a contentious relationship with your tenants.

Hi everyone and thank you in advance for any advice you may have.I have a situation where I purchase a house 6 month's ago for a family member,my daughter,to move into.I applied for and received permits to do construction repairs to the property.Since the house was purchased by me for a family member,I as the homeowner was able to pull the needed permits.I am not a licensed contractor.The permits were for scope of work/general repairs and minor electrical repairs.In my state of South Carolina if an owner pulls permits on second homes or investment properties,you are not allowed to sell or rent the property for two years.Well do to unforeseen circumstances,illness in family,my daughter can not move in and I will need to list the house for sell.It will cause me some financial problems if I try to keep it.The majority of the repairs have been done but are not complete.I need to sell the house in unfinished as is condition.My question is has anyone dealt with open permits when selling a property.The permits are with the County of Charleston and they have always had a hard nosed attitude about generating revenue.I know the most obvious answer will be to call the building dept. and find out what to do,but just wanted to get a heads up before I do from anyone who may have had a similar experience.Thank you....