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- What documents do they require applicants to submit & why?

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This depends on what your contract says.

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The only paperwork I have with this is the paperwork from our closing showing this.Renovation Costs: Since my grandmother paid for both the purchase and the renovations, how would this factor into a partition action or any buyout?

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