Not my day-to-day favorite play but I've made several $100,000+ deals.Rick Dawson has several related course on the topic.

It is not just about recourse, redemption and other capital management ideas come into play.  

You have reached a deal that sounds very positive in terms of equity (25-30% equity to play) and are able to explore exit options without rushing into decisions.

After playing professional baseball for most of my twenties, I went back and finished school at The University of Texas and I now work in TV development in Santa Monica, CA.

@Walter Ichikawa-Doyle I am not so sure that it is "just an error" :) Remember that this is Brazil and they play in Brazil.I don't know if you know that same referee did mistake and gave red card to Brazilian Felipe Melo at quarterfinal match 4 years ago on World Cup in South Africa.

I'd do whatever I could to settle this with your buyer as opposed to let it play out all the way in court.  

Would some variation of Karpinski's "How to rent vacation properties by owner" work for a normal long term rental property?

This is usually where llc vs scorp come into play..

I call this a "heads up" letter.If mailed sufficiently well in advance of sale, I'll receive a number of nixies that I can skip-trace or reverse engineer to either find the owners or buy the lenders note and decide my best play forward.Second letter might contain some special message or attention getting device to encourage that letter gets opened and read and generates a lead call (call-to-action, also know as a CTA).Time permitting, I might segment the list further and create highly targeted, specialized letters that address a host of problems unique to their situation, which I call a "Perfect Storm" letter.Ultimately, my objective is to out-spend and out-research you as my same business rival.

Do not get played and let the contractor know you have already been to school and are now teaching the course............ : )I don't know about roofing demands but if this is a high building time of the year there then this is why you are getting the crazy rate quotes. if so you have to find someone good without much business or wait until later in the year when things cool down.