Perhaps is sits on an area that was an old local drainage and the ground is slightly more pervious allowing the local ground water to collect and move down gradiant until it hits this house's basement.One thing that puzzles me is the why the existing sump pump is not dealing with the issue.

It's not currently one of my strengths, would love to chat it over if you'd like to sit down sometime.

It was strange to see large developments left half done.What I see in Houston is a super hot market that has the true investors sitting on the sidelines.I still don't know if Houston market is turning soft, but people are doing some crazy things.I would be very interested to see if anyone (investor, newbie, or agent) that does not believe Houston is in a bubble.

Using those numbers, factoring in tax of ~3000/year, insurance of 600 (will probably be higher), maintenance 10%, PM 10%, vacancy 10%, I'm sitting at about 500/month.

I know how it feels to have cash sitting and not making money with your money.

Take Marcia's suggestion on sitting him down.  

What I would LOVE to do is sit with someone here in Orlando that has a few under their belt or even shadow to see how it gets done. 

Using those numbers, factoring in tax of ~3000/year, insurance of 600 (will probably be higher), maintenance 10%, PM 10%, vacancy 10%, I'm sitting at about 500/month.

I am sitting on a property that is worth between 600k to 700k.

She changed her mind several times and even got cold feet when I had all the paperwork ready sitting at her dining room table.