However those of us with commercial short term bank loans IE construction etc that tie to prime we just got a little break. 

Otherwise, it is a waste of cash and potential return on that cash if you put it and keep it all tied up as equity in the house.

She needs to move on with her life and not tie up the already overburdened court system with meaningless issues like this. 

It sounds like you're tying your hands for no reason, finding buyers should be easy if the house is priced right. 

Put yourself in the shoes of potential tenants "seeing what's out there" and your house (before or after) being one of several options.3) I do know some contractors in the area but most are trade-specific and a lot of them are backed up on jobs at the moment.

I just tied the knot with my amazing bride in Poland last week.

This is what i suspected and probably how I would feel in their shoes.

Most business owners start up on a shoe string budget and if things don't go as they plan them ( which is almost perfection of course to make the numbers work..lol ) they go out of business.Even though you have a small market sometimes regional players will still go in there versus mom and pops.

and that ties into wanting to teach your children. 

Think about If you were in that person's shoes what would persuade you to speed up the process.