Just plan on paying the agent's fee if you are successful.

Not that that is a bad thing as some are on lower comp plans but they are at the mercy of all having "overlays" and have to sell their loans.

Are you planning to rent the entire unit at the 2nd year mark? 

If you’re not occupying the property and plan to either sell it or keep it as a rental, you might want to consider a bridge loan through a hard money lender.

There are a couple of things that come to mind, if a payment is missed the lender cares, if the servicer goes out of business or misses a substitution of trustee, the lender cares, if the borrower goes to the lender to try to get removed from the loan (usually to buy another house) the lender cares, if the property gets caught up in a bankruptcy or divorce, the court cares and that means the lender gets involved.

The precise property forecast can vary depending on a lot of factors but the general demand is really what you should use the tool for to make your plans. 

It takes time but worth it.How do you plan to finance your first property—are you looking at traditional loans, or have you considered other options like house hacking?

Quote from @William Taylor: Quote from @Travis Biziorek: Your numbers look OK-ish to me.Some things that jump out... how are you planning to buy this with so little down? 

Generally there are multiple units for each "zone" if you will when I've seen them installed.Regarding your problem at hand, I personally would simply adjust your plan to move and make your initial plan to get the current issues resolved, while costly now, in the long run holding onto the unit will likely pay off. 

What are your thoughts on this plan?