Offering discounts and opening up your calendar are great steps.

I haven't read this page to see what's offered as conservation incentives, and then compared that against your local market prices for "junk" land.

If done, in light of all that I guess some will feel much happier when walking though Home Depot parking lot. 

They will help you clear any clouds on the title and know whether you can close in "7 days" as offered to the seller.

Anything less than that is either because the client never clearly understood the loan type we offer or something we did wrong. 

We have offered to allow her to pay a reduced rent for the first few months as well but I am worried that may create some sort of limit on how much we can raise the rent on her in the future.

This will save you on subscription costs.If you want to discuss any of this further, I'm happy to answer questions and help walk you through it.Best of luck!

In speaking with our insurance agent, we decided not to make an offer.

And with brokerages now offering new agent programs where they will pay 100% of the expense to get licensed, there is literally no reason not to. 

The thing that the gurus never tell anyone is that the majority of creative finance deals are done by investors who don't need creative financing, that is their leverage and why they can walk away, thereby making them more attractive then the one person who can only do the deal one way because they have no money of their own.