This could end up increasing the pressure of the inside of the pipe and cause a pipe break.2.)

Property is in Rocky Mount. 

If you don't care how it looks you could put it in conduit and surface mount the conduit and paint it to match the wall color.I would get someone to tackle this immediately and communicate with your tenants so they know you are working on the problem.I would make sure your heat is handled first if this is affected.Then work on any other 240VAC circuits such as dryers, stoves and hot water heaters if applicable.Then get the lights last.I would try and do this without moving tenants out.I just had a 2 story house rewired and it took a week but they worked around the one guy that was living there and he was very understanding of the situation.

STR in the Mount Snow VT area, I just started this fall, it is a family owned house.

IF the immigration policy keeps tightening, we will have more pressure on the labor market that works for contractors & their subs.BTW, for SoFla, those costs are pretty average.

I'm trying to find a strategy that satisfies the below requirementsMotivates potential tenants to apply and lease quickly (a weak pressure sale tactic?) 

Make good notes about pressure from city, and write down names and dates and phone numbers for your notes.

However, because there wasn't a lot of building done in 07-14 we are behind on the amount of needed inventory so buyers are just moving further out from the main business areas and commenting which is putting pressure on transposition to keep things moving well. 

Keep the pressure on yourself to keep moving.

Either the water rises above the slab and gets in in between the siding and foundation or they hydraulic pressure of the water pushes up from the soil beneath the slab through the cracks in the foundation.