Don’t risk ending up in a tax dispute.

The understanding of both the buyer and the seller need to be the same.2) In simple technical terms, as Ned Carey said, a contract needs:A) An offer (in purchasing real estate it is an offer to purchase, or an offer to sell); B) Acceptance of the offer; and,C) Consideration (each party exchanges something of value - money is exchanged for property and property is exchanged for money).Also - there needs to be a "meeting of the minds" - both parties must have a mutual understanding of, and a mutual agreement to, the terms of the deal.3) A contract is the means by which we capture this understanding and record it in such a way that it can be used to resolve disputes that may arise from the deal.

This door accessed the shared basement so it could open me up to potential loss as well as heated disputes if stuff gets stolen. 

If you didn't prove it in court, I have to consider it a personal dispute."

The VAs will handle guest communications, coordinating cleaners and handyman calls, calendar management, ordering supplies, claims and resolutions, admin tasks etc. ”Unlimited” hours. 

I dispute the buy/install cost difference but then I do it myself.

The best thermocouple money can buy has a resolution of 1 deg F.

City of Seattle puts on its own 'renting in seattle' trainings monthly - very worthwhile if considering being a landlord in city:  https://www.seattle.gov/rentinginseattle and https://www.seattle.gov/rentinginseattle/news-and-eventsFor a viewpoint from the other side,  but aside from the (unsurpisingly) tenant-advocacy centric point of view pretty factual when it comes to actually describing landlord tenant law is the tenants union website:  https://tenantsunion.org - this is where your tenants would likely go at some point or other if they are having a contract dispute with you so worth looking at.Other municipalities and counties have their own patchwork of landlord tenant rules on top of statewide RLTA - best thing to do is go to the city/county website typically cityname.gov and look for landlord/tenant ordinances.   

Either way, it is criminal fraud, not just a contract dispute.

Also notify them that you will be filing a dispute against their license with the city/state, basically whoever issues licenses in TX.