We just purchased a full time rental at the beach though and we have just finished our third guest. 

One urban legend is that it was created to give neighbors leverage for loud student party houses or students parking all over the street.

You got yourself into it and can certainly get yourself out of it.Trim the fat...If you're spending too much of your income and falling down on your obligations, the party is over.

While you may not be that kind of LL, he is probably very worried and the request for deposit most likely insulted him  While that is not your “issue”, it does help IMO, to understand motivation of other parties when conflict arises. 

Neither the BC assessment document, nor either parties’ emotions, are tied to a current true market value.

Also, it's hard for banks to sell to individuals off market because it shows favoritism (it is favoritism) so to reduce liability/impartiality and increase transparency banks almost always go through a 3rd party broker. 

You're the party not complying with the agreement.

. $1600 for everything (two pipes even- the expensive part is the excavating, you can dig it up yourself if you need cheap and have time and energy on your hands).

Our current pricing structure is a base price with an extra fee per guest starting at 2 and in our house rules we list “no parties or events”.

@James Wright5-10 years is when most syndicated funds mature/liquidate.It is normally beneficial for both parties(sponsor + investors) for this time period.Investors are able to to formulate a timeline of when they will receive all their cash-flow.