Once served the burden of proof is on the contractors shoulders and it ain't cheap even if you do get released from the complaint.

It seems they are confused at what I'm asking or they want to charge A LOT.Maybe in being cheap, but does anyone know an attorney that does good work?

Or can you pick up some additional contiguous land for cheap, and put your retention basin on that land?

Getting your RE license is pretty darn easy and cheap, so I don't see the benefit in trying to skirit the laws to save $1500 or so to get your license.

A cheap last minute flight on a discount airline might mean you can discover the truth right away and get her out or get paid.

Copper wire , breaker panel , permits arent cheap materials are close to the 50% he wants .

I probably would lean toward a warm-greyish-taupe palette for the body of the house (just don't do beige with dark brown trim, makes any house look very cheap), I'd have to see it with the improvements in place.

They have cheap ones.  

Many don't like that at all and will do anything to keep their "small town" feel and "cheap housing" and reality as long as possible.

I suppose someone could argue that if you have a 6% student loan debt, keep that in place because it's fairly cheap money.