The resident called me today to tell me the story, then told me that he had called the Sheriff and a lawyer already and said a simple apology would not be enough.  

I apologize Ross for using your forum post to ask these questions 

Hi All,I'm new to this site so my apologies if this has already been addressed elsewhere.I'm working with a Realtor on short sales.

I apologize, but this has been out of my hands, unfortunately.

My apologies.

I apologize if my post is kind of confusing, as I am still a newbie in learning how to forecast market trends (or even what indicators I should be looking at that would be important to my analysis).Any advice or reading recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Now a year later and after her apologizing for freaking out, things are calm in the neighborhood.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ADDING THE QUESTION MARK AT THE END, my whole 'intent' when originally posting was to get input from you guys as to what YOU GUYS thought may have happened.

I apologize if this post got a little lengthy.

He apologized and we closed the deal.I ended up doing zero work to the house other than changing locks.