I also put in that addendum that $1500 of the earnest money was non refundable if the buyer backed out for any reason.  

I've found that most wholesalers don't put in the work we do to find their own motivated sellers.

I put in a 6x8 three pane in the dining room for $198.

I put in a new properly sized gas boiler, set the thermostat to 70 and locked it down.

This is why I do two things to help in scenarios like this.The first is that you put in a line in your lease that states that all complaints and maintenance requests be put in writing.The second is document everything.

Or is it that I can have that language put in a lease option contract as well?

But the longer it sits, the more they're willing to drop.What you wonder is why doesn't the bank take a look at the bid history and see that you put in a bid some time back and then counter your 89k bid at that price.

I would check comparable homes and see what the average size of those rooms are.You would hate to put in all that money into adding a bedroom and bath and end up having the smallest bedrooms on the block.

And then want you to put in 20% of that.

It really helps when you put in put in your city, state, type of investing you do, etc., then when they come up in the posts, or blogs you are notified.