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Land Acquisition and Initial Costs - How do you determine if a land parcel is worth its asking price?

I get the fact that they want to be compensated for generating the initial inquiry however, wouldn’t they just charge the standard 5% rate?  

I don’t know why we didn’t get that vital piece of info in our initial meeting.So my wife and I are extremely relieved .She says she will stay on as a courtesy and if things come up it will just be an “ hourly “ rate for emergency type situations or basic boots on the ground necessities.We really like her enthusiasm and positivity and she is great at communicating and seems  sincerely empathetic to our situation.

This land was from my initial protege.  

Your questions are a perfect way to do an initial vet of them for content knowledge.

My initial interest would be trying to rent them out as mid term/ short term rentals.

If they are not, they would likely be the responsibilty of the property owner to initiate (at least in our area).

Initially I was planning to withdraw Roth IRA $ to invest. 

This was our families initial home purchase after renting for a number of years.