As a result, I'm 33K in the hole. 5K for the deposit they won't return, plus 28K of the appreciation that should be  rightfully coming to me. 

Locate every single place that their could be a crack, hole or opening that a critter can enter from.2.

Meaning regardless if there's 1 or 3 dogs, carpets have to be cleaned, floorboards repainted, holes in the grass filled, etc.

I didn't have any equity when we split up, the divorce left me $18k in the hole, and I was utterly defeated about the situation.

I didn't have any equity when we split up, the divorce left me $18k in the hole, and I was utterly defeated about the situation.

At the time (late 2018, early 2019) I was looking to get out of renting rabbit hole as well as get my foot in the door in the competitive Denver real estate market.

IT cracked the wood, splintering it, but not a hole. 

The guy said "Give me an A cuz I'm an A-hole electrician." 

A jumbo without a specific address (TBD) was a risky commitment for your lender to make, now they have a hole to fill and squeeze yours into another box of deals perhaps sold to some other investor.

Sounds like that building might be better for an owner occupant or 1 tenant if you take the demising wall down or knock a few holes in it.