And I can totally imagine it go awkward if I lowball it.

You talking just concrete placement or are you talking excavation, compaction, set up and pour in place...?  

Imagine that they strike a deal with the next-door neighbor for an exchange - "you can use my pool if you fill my pool from your hose, with your landlord's money!"  

I have been imagining building my sales website (buyers guide, community pages, IDX integration, home valuation page, etc) on MyOhioProperty.com and then building Evolvedproperty.com to give details on our services including making cash offers on homes, renovations, and our homes for rent.

I can only imagine that the certificate programs online are of similar quality.

I would imagine so long as the rent is not hugely undervalued you would end up coming out ahead fairly quickly though by not having to deal with the cost of vacancies every year or two depending on the situation.It looks like all this may be irrelevant though as their agent has stopped responding.

I would imagine the security deposits would be directly deposited or a check from the seller will be given to us at closing.  

If he is going to nickle and dime on a small job, imagine a $25k job.

Imagine if they saw your post, hired some attorney, and wanted to raise discrimination allegations.

Best of luck although I can't imagine the house appraising for much or ever appreciating much seeing as its located in Michigan...GO BUCKS!!!