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Texas My father died yesterday and my brother sister I inherited several homes and a several ranches but we want to reject the home my mother lives in. She pays a discounted $900 a year in taxes. We would be paying over $3000. Maybe my father had a reason for doing it this way. Maybe he thought...

Yes the actual numbers are much larger. My understanding is a builder's fee is completely different than for example deposit money. Deposit money can be scrutinized but a builder's fee cannot. My time is not free and I do have expenses beyond squaring up with the contractors which are the...

I am still having problems with the customer from my last post. We corrected all the ac duct according to the customer's spec which I don't even think we were required do so. The customer was ok with the corrections. Now we are half way finished with the project and he comes up with this. He...

Texas I am still having problems with the customer from my last post. We corrected all the ac duct according to the customer's spec which I don't even think we were required do so. The customer was ok with the corrections. Now we are half way finished with the project and he comes up with...

The customer calmed down. We are going to have a written plan for the ac contractor to correct what I consider to be minor issues and I am going to pay another contractor a few hundred dollars to observe his work. In turns in the contract it states that a customer cannot demand that something be...

thank you

Maybe I could of kept the money but I didn't want any legal problems. My broker paid $8,000 and I paid the rest.

Texas I am the builder and am currently involved in a cost plus contract. We are building a large home and our AC contractor for the second time didn't follow the exact plans for installing the duct. He did in the bedrooms but he modified the plans in the rest of the house a bit. The home is in...

I meant broker

Thanks for all the replies. Its been helpful and even more helpful when you guys debate each other. We took way too long building this home and I had to pay for several rate lock extensions along the way. Can I be sued (successfully) for breach of contract for the delays in construction after...

The problem with that is I have 3 more signed contracts to build. I am about a quarter of the way through the construction. Once that's that done I am out with these 2 and my will is going to be modified. My family has been putting a lot of pressure on me to dis own my stepson. He is 36 years...

My stepson and the broker negotiated for a lower price behind my back without signed change order amendments and not making changes to the original contract price. It was all done through email exchanges some of which came from my email account. So the customer ended up with a sweet deal with...

Part of me wants to pay the money and get this behind me. I don't want to fight but I think my broker should pay for at least part of this problem.

I spoke with with an attorney. He said the contract has a a provision that calls for any changes to be done in writing. There are none other than email exchanges so if I am going to be sued by the customer for the money the case becomes a case of material fact which the attorney said is hard to...

The paper work I guessing is going to show the overages went past the limit of the loan( sales price)and so the buyer is owed the money. The thing is I will be paying for those overages out of my pocket. So the customer will get an upgraded security system, windows. extended patio and here is...