Be careful.

You do not tell them a more qualified candidate was selected.

I agree with your assessment and would rather have the seller take care of all items prior to closing even if I have to delay the closing.

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We spent some time writing it up carefully and deducted the December rent and final water bill. 

I have carefully gone through the documents Lease Runner has created for Massachusetts and been very impressed with their ability to cover the Massachusetts laws in detail.

Doesn't seem like they cared at all about your livelihood!!!!!!

Rent collection is easy, the tenant base is great, and I wouldn't even care about the whole lease-break-if-deployed thing. 

I don't know about other experiences but when I got loans for my commercial multifamily properties the lender cared about everything. 

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