A busy agent who has their finger on the pulse of the market will be able to provide well educated negotiation skills for you.

I guess by now I've proven myself because I'm not getting any of the pushback that I've gotten in my previous ventures.All this preamble to make a point- you may have to just take the plunge with or without your wife's blessing and then cross your fingers and hope that it works. 

Fingers crossed.

If it's owned outright and you give generous terms to the brother and he doesn't have to lift a finger, it just might work.

I heard the same thing about EP permitting but my contractor has an expediter who commonly works in East Point so I'm expecting it to go smoothly (fingers crossed!).

I worked my fingers to the bone getting it ready for them, restrained myself and only checked in with them once during their stay, and now its been 48 hours after checkout. 

If a deal goes south and a partner decides to give you the ole' 1-finger salute, it will be up to you to enforce whatever agreement was made, which usually involves spending money on lawyers and letters.This is a relationship business. 

Fingers crossed 

I hope the rain leaves me alone. crossing my fingers.

Fortunately review committees are generally staffed with forward looking people that aren't swayed by a few vocal individuals only interested in their own cause.I'll keep my fingers crossed for approval so I can check it out when I'm back in town on business!