Personally as a buyer I like that kind of a hurdle because it scares away the majority of potential buyers!

Most importantly, I want to make sure I do things smart and follow my plan.Right now, I guess my biggest hurdle is money.

It certainly will slow growth for me if I cannot find a way around this hurdle.  

It's not unreasonable to think that the appreciation of the east side will spill over into the west side.

Cash has none of those hurdles. 

I know of plenty of sellers who have held buyers to terms that were probably unreasonable, but the buyer signed the contract. 

With that being said to answer your question I think the hurdles will be in the financing.

Now he's claiming I should only make them replace the glass and the latticework (basically repair the door) and I am not opposed to this, IF it can be done and I told them that.They're just making me feel unreasonable and I know that's what people do, they try to justify their horrible behavior, but it's really starting to make me sick (literally) with anxiety.

Example property I put an offer on. 1960s SFH Price: 65K ARV: 90-95KDays on market: 304 daysOffer Price: 45K In my 10 years of experience (in a completely different market however) this dosen't seem to far fetch or unreasonable.

There are many options and its really a matter of understanding the costs and hurdles to each so that you know going into the deal exactly how to hit all of your milestones.