I can waive thousands of dollars of commission to entice a lower purchase price.

This often requires a pay down of the inferior lien as an enticement to subordinate.

My original plan was to 1031 exchange into retail/reataurant/strip center type property, but I cant leverage up like I want to with a lender when the new property is 1/2 vacant and the tenants it does have are month to month.My plan is to offer a MLO for X number of years paying the landlord the current rents, plus a bonus to entice them to deal and a purchase price calculated at a 6% cap rate based on what I think are current market rents at $24/sqft/year.

the profit to be realized was enticing How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Everyone gets enticed looking for the lowest fees, the lowest rates, the best deal....then this kind of crap happens.  

This is very enticing to me, but so is the return I am receiving on the property.I feel the $75,000 can be employed to drive my new investment strategies as this home was never intended to be used as a rental until I moved, and now I have bigger ideas on how I would like to grow my investment portfolio.What would you do if this was your investment?

Are those  areas investing in the future growth such as upgrading parks and enticing businesses to come to the area.Then find an investor friendly Real estate agent and a lender.You won't be able to answer all of these questions but you will soon find in your research that the walls will start to fall and answer will roll in.Good Luck!

My dilemma, is that as a newbie, seller-financing is very enticing.

I believe they (Redfin) tried the same scheme here in Washington and got sued and LOST because in our license laws, one can not offer paying a FEE or CASH to any unlicensed or broker to entice buyers in any type of advertising.

You can put it in the listing to entice buyers but it won’t directly effect the purchase price.