Your other concern is saying that in addition to stated provisions effecting the earnest money deposits, other matters relating to specific performance in addition to those provisions, that either party may seek to enforce the contract in amounts in excess of the earnest money deposited, that those provisions and amounts are not the only remedy at law or in equity.

Amounts in excess can require consent.Consider a different class of members, just as preferred and common stockholders, the voting rights do not have to be the same, but do have your attorney check state requirements to this angle.

hi mindy. if your pump is pumping out water, then it is doing its job. the amount of rain water is most likely the issue here. if the water wasn't there, the pump wouldn't be running. that doesn't mean it is not going to give up. if you had to work 24/7, you would give up too. lol. there simply is too much water for it to keep up with. what you need to do is go get another pump. if your crawl space is tall enough, get one of the teller stand up models. you need an " assistant" pump to help out the original pump here. you need to get rid of the excess water and get the level down to a managable level. once the rain stops, if ever, get that grading taken care of and put in gutters and downspouts on the house if you do not have any. good luck and please ask me if you need any further assistance

I am free pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, but sometimes will have to work an 8 hour day o a Saturday which I get off at 2:30PM those days.Many people are going to think I am an idiot for posting this, but I have no friends in the area and most of my free time is either spent reading about REI, going to the gym (an excessive amount), or sleeping in on the weekends since I don't do anything so it is just wasted time.

Excess water usage = your tenants stealing from you, in my opinion.  

@Todd LeeMany investors do not think of this:Free and clear houses, have sellers apply for 80% first mortgage, get cashThen you  take over payments and give a note for any excess equity

My tenant mentioned to me that he overheard them talking about the 2 inch overhang off the edge, which sounds excessive to me. 

I thought it did cost that much but excess materials returned and all things done it was just under 1500$.  

I think the reasoning was based on a couple of things - unjust tax or something AND the fact that they were entering homes without a warrant.I would have to believe there should be some kind of legal argument for limiting a govt's (in this case, the state's) right to charge excessive fees.  

Best  -- Jim  I think the best solution for grandma would be to sell her property and purchase a small condo and use the excess cash to purchase a managed rental property to supplement her living expenses.