. $5K spend and they wanted it all torn down.Bottom line... while the city inspectors and their methodology are often all screwed up and while of course you are happier to hear the opinion of your handyman...he can not drag you to court and issue you fines and condemn your building and so on.

Not a big surprise that this has helped me out when it wound up in court.

Perhaps your local probate court can give you directions as to how to proceed (you don't say whether you have gotten information there).

If not, have you considered declaring yourself broker in charge?

Look up "courts of equity".

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I've heard of others in similar situations having to go to court to get a partition decision to force the sale of the property.  

Does anyone have a suggestion for how to approach a potential probate deal where the court appraiser has appraised the house very high, and an accepted offer amount needs to be at least 90% of the appraised value in order to receive court approval for the sale? 

If I were the buyer, I could complain for false advertisement, I don't consider an appliance purchased 18 months ago as new, new is within 2 months, really, this would win in any small court claim.

I was shocked and confused and the lady from the mediation said that I was supposed to send my rent check to the court, not to the attorney.

Send a demand letter via certified and regular mail to the seller giving them 10 days to correct the issues or you will be filing suit for non disclosure-If the repairs needed are less than $10,000 small claims court is an option as the cost will be less than $200 and no lawyer is neededMost of all just don't panic as you have some options.