You want to demonstrate to the extreme your intent to separate the series. 

We are also living in an extremely extended period of relative calm in this country without major upheaval.

Please do post any other experiences with them, positive or negative, as they are extremely helpful.

@Jared Schottthe short answer is - if the house is already on the market, it's extremely unlikely that they will accept a seller finance offer. 

Lots of newbies that have come onto the scene in the last 3-4 years during an extreme bull market, who have never lived through a bear market.

The very cheapest way to go is for you to wash the interior of the house. 1) Washing from the celing to the floor, including everything ( such as lighting fixture covers, the surface area above the cabinets, etc) is extremely time consuming and not easy.

How far would one water meter go as far as usage?

that would be an extremely powerful way to get started in a new market. 

You can still find turnkey deals that make sense but you'll need to act quickly because those deals get locked up extremely quickly. 

(If you would like to track market expectations of rate changes, the FedWatch tool from the CME Group is extremely useful.)However, yields and mortgage rates can be greatly changed by Federal Reserve actions—the real drivers are the policy press releases and press conferences (typically scheduled for the early afternoon, a couple of hours after the publication of the decision).