You may consider investing long-term buy and hold in Dallas or other surrounding counties like Mesquite, Grand Prairie, or Garland where there are older homes that are more reasonably priced.

If you really want to sell, take a much smaller profit and move on to a better situated property for you and your family.Even if you win and force the HVAC guy to utilize another driveway, you're going to resent having to live next to the company that ruined your grand plan. 

Wise folks say a good next step is to introduce myself here, so here I am, and here is a bit about me and my grand plans

We got to experience the grand opening of Volcano Bay, the new Universal Orlando water theme park.  

Thats $240/year, in my 27 year lifespan, granted it's mostly been my parents saving, but that's a grand total of $6,480!

Let the agent build in a few grand into the purchase price so they get a small commission out of it.Use great professionals and pay them for their work.  

Say if you inherit property from a relative, and that real estate was originally purchased in 1903 by your great grand parents for 5k and is now worth 1M...do the simple math. 

. $8k lender credit minus paying $120 more for six months minus refi closing costs = came out ahead a couple grand, relative to taking the par rate. 

United Bank in Grand Rapids.

I invest in Grand Rapids but severa of the sourounding communities also offer great buy and hold options.