Or since it didn't specifically state continuation, that is unnecessary? 

Run a clean ship and you will avoid unnecessary hassles.

My concern is, how do I prevent the seller from taking a HELOC or something without my permission?

Expenses are necessary and ordinary costs of doing business which include repairs and preventive maintenance.  

That way you won't run into issues preventing you from getting to the closing table.

@Darrin Carey - I have a conflict on Mondays that generally prevents me from making a 6:00 dinner and networking (although I may be able to appear briefly until about 6:30).

Whoa, this sounds a bit crazy and would generally prevent most lenders from actually doing the short sale.  

In DFW, differences mean that a manufactured house starts competing with site-built in price and you still have to deal with building codes that try to prevent their use.Hope you get different answers. 

This happened 2x, once during rehab and the tenant says it happened yesterday.As a preventive measure I replaced some drain tiles on the opposite side of the driveway, where the neighbors gutters overflow.

The music stops.I am sure the global leaders are working together to prevent a global meltdown and so that will determine whether we have a correction like 2000 or something worse than 2008.So here is how I am shifting gears.1) Got out of flips completely.