As I am considering my offer, I am trying to understand how much to budget for attorney, title/closing costs etc? 

I would also send the insurance company this same letter and tell them they are going to be responsible for the cleaning and repair cost.

Looking for something with low acquisition cost, and meets or exceeds the 1% rule.  

You magically get the seller to cover every single closing cost (A $12k gift, or a trick to get you to buy their problem.).

Would you rather set it and forget it and not need to refi again or rather take advantage of low/no closing costs on this loan and plan to be more aggressive on your rate at the time of your refi?

I had few options so our cost doubled.  

Even still, it could be said that I've still lost money due to my time on the tools instead of prospecting as a real estate agent (the cost of lost opportunity).If you can truly do 80%-90% of the work yourself (at acceptable quality levels) and you aren't sacrificing your time where you can get better returns for your efforts, then yes, it can work even up here in Canada.

  ( Maryland )  Small parking lot 12 cars plow and salt $450 . 2 in trigger Costs are regional for sure 

I predict that the substantial home price cost savings and greater control they enable the buyer to have will make them grow in popularity.

What costs/fees should I look out for?