If you're concerned about the lawn, just offer a clear rent reduction in exchange for the water.  

Hello, I am in the process of buying an investment home with my brother as a cosigner, his income is qualifying the loan, but I have the money for closing and down payment in my account. do to a bankruptcy I had that wont clear for a few months the sale is on hold. my brother will qualify on his own, but proof of funds is with me on the bank account only.

You very well may be right to move on, but a good learning experience for me to work the numbers on this until it clearly isn't an option.

It is purposely vague and does not seem to be clear cut. 

But use modest debt.You clearly became over-leveraged. 

Reading yours and others advise does solidify it for me that I made the right decision and in the future I should not get myself in the situation where I feel bad & need to make it more clear from the beginning that not meeting requirements is rarely allowed.

If you were suddenly making the switch that nobody should do ANYTHING tax related in any manner other than in person or by post, then that was definitely not clear because that is not what Michael was talking about.It was a total non sequiter for Michael to be talking about CPA document sharing and you suddenly to be going to the entire tax filing process, but ok. 

They don't need to fix things up, they don't have to clear things out, no open house etc. 

I’d ask a NC title company if it will cause any issues.....getting title insurance for a clear title is all that really matters. 

On this side of getting my license and working in the industry, I can tell you it's not a clear black-and-white decision where having your license is obviously better.