. - In a flip situation, I would take the need for new windows into account, but my realtor advises me that the state of the windows shouldn't be considered in the offer price for a rental property.

@Andrew Blair the best advise I ever got was to figure out who you want to rent to an only buy property those people will rent.

But the seller might be a little upset when they find out you are making 40k off their house, so I'd advise a double close. 

I wrote her, explained the situation, advised her to direct her partner to finish my job or that I would take take swift and immediate steps to litigate, get a judgment and ultimately foreclose on each and every property costing her untold hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Market for your buyer once you find one you could either rewrite the contract between the seller and the buyer cutting you out and having them also sign the assignment of contract and forward the papers yourselve to the title company or you could advised the buyer of the title company and they will have him sign everything.

Never advise a seller to just get an attorney, never!

Maybe I should just advise that she donate it to charity to avoid tax and insurance costs?

This is long but here it goes:

I hired this real estate agent to sell my property back in November 2013

In Mid January I get a call from him that there is water coming into my neighbors townhouse, so h...

But, in an efficient market, it generally works out that the value (monetary or non-monetary) of the goods or services being provided is equivalent to the value (monetary or non-monetary) of the payment.

I would not waste too much time because it sounds like she is in no rush and quick cash will not be a life saver for her.Also, advise her to consult her own contractor to see what repairs would cost for her own knowledge.Most importantly understand there is a good chance the Realtor will take the listing at the inflated price.