Email and texting is not a good choice for communicating sensitive and emotional material.

We will expect actual damages of approximately $500 for the cost of having a locksmith remove the illegal device, another $9,000 for loss of the prospective sale profit, and an unamed punitive damage claim based upon your intentional interference with our property rights and intentional infliction of emotional damages.

This is about the math, then it is about the math, and after the math makes sense. . . you can then be a big emotional teddybear bout the property.At some price, this becomes a viable and cashcow, moneymaking vehicle.Get a foundation contractor out there and assess the rebuild cost on the property, electrical to look for any Knob and tube wiring, and a plumbing contractor to discover water pressures through the properties.Also, have you thought about Section 8 landlording?

I will use this situation as an example of why business and emotion need to be separate.

Do not get caught up in the emotion of it all.

Both might say they have the child's best interest at heart but disagree on how they get there or why.The fact that their is still animosity shows unfinished emotional business that needs to be closed out.

If so, perhaps you may want look at the overall project and the costs and timeline involved, especially what options are available for a construction loan ( the tear down and removal can be included if negotiated) and if the time and costs justify the end results, just to make sure that you don't over-improve and spend more than the market value of the improvement would make, if no emotional connection to the land, might be better to sell as-is and let another develop, lot of factors to consider, have a few contacts that you can ask, so you would be able to get a larger picture of time and costs.

Sellers change their mind and can get emotional if life changes happen.

We use the same standards for all applications.We try to turn every application into a non-emotional event. 

Like buying, leasing is mostly emotional and driven by the women (if it's a couple).