Our discussion was so valuable I thought I would write them out for you guys below.

Or to state in writing that their side of the roof, having no drainage installed and the only pitch directs it towards our roof/the parapet divider that this is causing our current leakage? 

Thereafter, or as a consequence thereof, the lender must also somehow be satisfied.What ever deal you strike must be memorialized in a writing with the owner...you are buying from them.

This would be instead of writing it off as a business expense.2.

Grats on the gusto, but ick, you present yourself in a confrontational way just by writing that way. 

We would like to try to figure out a simple guidance we could write up in our plowing/salting contract that will make our monthly bills more predictable and less expensive.

Allen,You should be looking for an Independent Agent that writes with multiple companies. 

I know I’m going to take a hit to cash flow with the refi, but I’m okay with that.The other conundrum I have is, if I have all of this on paper/in writing to show them the numbers all add up, how willing would a bank be to loan me the remaining money?

The biggest benefit as an agent of the MLS in regard to buying your own properties is that you can see the agent notes, you can receive updates through 'showing time' and you can use the official Realtor forms (Offer to purchase and contract 2-T) that make an offer look better than non-agents who write their offers on less familiar forms they find on the internet.

If there is one in it, and they are (I assume) well past that date, I think the P.A. is null and void.2 - Do you have in writing that the improvements that were paid for by the "buyer" are at the buyer's expense and will not be reimbursed by you at closing, or will not be credited in any way towards the agreed upon P.P.?