If nothing wrong, then send a letter to the tenant stating that since the water bill has increased and the bill is higher, that you have no choice but to increase their rent by $25 a month in order to cover the extra expense of the water bill being increased.  

Money lending.In your case, if you didn't leave yourself an out and your buyers all beg off, your next choice would be to fix it and flip it yourself.

A bank is your best choice to obtain your equity, mess around with others and you will be putting your property at a greater risk of losing time and money and perhaps the property. :)

This way it is easy to touch up, and the seller can paint their color of choice.

She obviously needs his signature to sell the house, and he refuses to sign anything unless it is with a realtor of his choice and he wants to list at ABOVE a retail price.My client is concerned because she does not have the money to pay for the vacant house once it is listed, and the ex boyfriend refuses to pay his half, even while the property is listed.Does she have any right to take over the mortgage since he walked away and she has been covering the whole thing herself for over 5 years?

Here's how we did it:Formed an LLC to protect ourselves - your choice.

I strongly believe in exploiting ones own market if at all possible, even if it wouldn't have been your fist choice.

The mere fact that you are out of warranty, Lowes doesn't have to do you any favor whatsoever, that is the solid hard truth, they are not in breach as the agreement only lasts 12 months, if you used it and broke down within the 12 months, then it is a manufacturer defect, it will be on their shoulder, after that, its on you, you cannot expect the retailer to carry anything more than the agreement, you have the choice to extend the warranty if you so choose. 

If you do go, study something that will benefit your investing that you also enjoy learning about - aacounting and finance are good choices in the business realm, but so are construction management, any  of the engineering fields, and many more majors that i cant think of right now.  

But I'm able to explain this to agents, sellers and buyers and as a result, there is little push back on using my preferred choice of title company.