She genuinely cares for people in a completely altruistic way.

I genuinely appreciate it.

But, you seem to be genuinely looking for opinions, so I wanted to add mine.A CPA is good to have, but until you are running a business with lots of ins-and-outs or a huge bankroll, a CPA is largely a reactive tax person... and not even a strategic tax person.

If you have interested parties at any price, it would now be a great time to bring your offer to him and explain that if he's really motivated to sell, you have a genuine buyer at x price.

Even if it doesn't need $40K+ in rehab just be genuine and make sure its an all around winning situation for all parties involved.

for what its worth, i'd hire an undergrad with some experience who is highly driven, genuinely passionate about what he or she does, and has a solid sense of themselves and aptitude vs. someone with an MBA from a top school who is 'just applying for a job'.

I have had about 25 calls, nearly all were just curious about my letter but 4 have had genuine interest in selling.

It's taking an ant hill and transforming it into an enormous mountain!

He does seem to be genuinely wanting to help me out.

You also may be looking at paying for some transformers etc for the electric company to handle the new load.