So we decided we would like to get a duplex and rent out the other half of it.What are the steps I should take to get the ball rolling and when should I start?

Put the ball in the tenant's hands but keep them on your court.

Throughout my Law School experience I have learned that I HATE when someone "hides the ball" and I have to discover what their message truly is. 

Too many people want to low ball and take all the personality out of it.

Drawing a life sized portrait of me and shooting it with darts, babe guns and paint ball guns on my living room wall...  

Didn't low ball him, just asked him an honest, "How flexible can you be with the selling price."

It's a needle in a haystack hunt for the one wealth manager who will want to play ball with you.

If it sits long enough getting low ballers maybe he will eventually figure out he isnt being low balled, he is being unrealistic.

The rehab, after meeting with the contractor is in a ball park of 80k. 

I had the inspection and estimate done this weekend, and it is about $15,000 higher than I originally ball-parked on my walk-though estimate.My question is: if I offer to remove the Contingency only if the Seller agrees to a sale price of $155,000, how likely are they to accept it?