I've been looking on line and see a lot of Pool waivers, or specific activity waivers but not a general waiver for a river situation. 

I freaked and started looking for new coils online and found out about this lawsuit. 

I was already leaning to the side of just stashing the money away so it will serve either/or function, first as a down payment for your next property or money to pay major capital repairs or improvements.

Did you see any reviews online.?

But that doesn't help the OP since the majority of closing costs are from a lender, they are much less when there is no lender due to a cash purchase.OP, I've bought houses as much as 500K and never paid more than 6-7K from what I remember.

All the major items will need to be handled by licensed contractors or technicians so I do not see saving any money if I did a price reduction and handled it myself after closing. 

If you can buy a $300k property and only come out of pocket $400/month for it, that's a MAJOR win my friend.

The oils are messy if spilt but the major issue is it will set of smoke detectors.

There is free landlord software out there that will provide you with online applications and screenings as well as market syndication so your property is posted to all of the major listing sites (i.e. apartments.com, realtor.com, Craigslist, etc.).

What are the major macro economic factors that attribute to your attraction to that submarket?