Im doing major construction work fir my cousin who has a situation of her husband died a year ago without a will now she in court with his family fighting over estate and estate is large with its own problems such as he was a slum lord and properties are in bad shape i made an agreement with my cousin to help her out and i have fir the last year bringing rental properties up to housing codes such as major plumbing electric heating and cooling structural carpentry tocic blavk mold removal fixing equipment and vehicles and landscaping now i dont have any paperwork of licenses and business im trying to get that stuff back she has properties and items that i was willing to work for in trade of my labor along with her taking care of bare necessities along the way now i have been in the construction field for fourty years and do high quality work along with knowing the buolding codes to fix jobs properly alot of work i do should be permit pulled but have not i have taken pictures and videos along the way i have got close to $30000 of back pay coming and much more work that needs done she has done things maling me feel like she is not going to pay me i wanted a house that i wanted her to put money towards and make a contract for deed to where it eoukd show me making payments on it to help rebuild my credit to where at the end of this i should have enough to show a bank that i put down payment and made payments on time do i can get a loan on remaining balance we have no written agreement about anything and before i go further what do i do st this point I definitely want to write a contract for further work and want to cover previous work i truly appreciate your time and effort for helping me get in right direction