Gas, food/ drinks, entertainment, rents, services, etc.

I just want a cleaner line so it's simpler to say what costs belong with the construction company and making sure things aren't overbid.

There's no advantage to them sticking around because they run the risk of being thrown on the street with all their belongings and nowhere to go.Just let it play out and go from there.

For example, they won't have to cover your personal belongings (clothing, furniture, etc.) but they may increase the amount of liability coverage. 

Hopefully I won't have to deal with that, as I still do have some belongings to get out of the house. 

Purchase price: $365,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Sale price: $525,000 Bought this at auction, it was abandoned a year before with all of the persons belonging still inside, including a full refrigerator.

I didn't negotiate it too much because the home belonged to her special needs daughter's Trust.

I definitely wouldn’t have offered on the house if I had known it was in probate; neither the listing agent nor my agent mentioned that, they only said that the house had originally belonged to the mother who had died and her daughter was now selling it. 

Either way, I'm very thankful and I owe you a drink the next time I'm in Seattle.

Also realize that if in probate, the property isn't the heir's to do with what she wants... it belongs to the deceased relative, and probate is the process by which she is granted the rights to it.