You're giving up your whole 50% so you're doing 6 months of work and make nothing... no offense but if you don't trust yourself to do a project, I wouldn't take other people's money to do a project.

I also don’t want to be offensive when dealing with him because he has a strong history of great work and shattering records in different subdivisions.

I am in a strong financial offensive mode in building my cash position right now.

For example, our criteria states you must have gross income of 3x rent, and cant have a recent eviction (3 years) and cant have a violent crime of drug offense  in the last 10 years.This way the applicant can see what you are looking for before they waste the time to apply. 

One fix could be to just add in advertising:“Under contract – offering 973 Smith for $100,000 subject to XYZ Wholesaler’s closing on the purchase” Penalties for NoncomplianceSection 1101.758 Texas Occupations Code(a) A Person commits an offense if the person acts as a broker or sale agent under this Chapter without holding a certificate.

No offense taken, I'm pretty easy to get along with.

Also how would i not sound rude or offensive in trying to negotiate a more reasonable price?

One application eliminates offensive smoking odors, pet dander, toxins, and will continue to remain effective for 8 to 12 years.

It's $10K for the first offense and $25K or so for the next time.

Is this an evictable offense?