I guess if we all know exactly what would happen, we would write a book called "This is what is going to happen" and we will retire LOL. 

Put everything in writing. 

It is still ongoing as I write this.

Most self employed people think they make a ton of money which may be true but they "Never" show it on their Net profits because of all of the deductions and write offs.

Well, they may have other properties doing great and need the tax write off... maybe they're expecting great appreciation of the property and will sell it later... maybe rents are rapidly rising and they expect to be cash flow positive in 20 years when they plan to retire anyhow... or after the mortgage is paid off...Who knows?

Martin writes about measuring your current cash flow based on your current equity. 

The clients I know who have done this have hired a tax attorney to write a legal opinion letter.

Agents will just write their commissions into the offer. 

Especially if the deals you look at have been on the market for a while and aren't going to have multiple people looking to write on it.You could try having an additional person on your team who's niche is providing boots on the ground services.

Would I need to write a check to my personal bank account and then get a cashier's check once the funds were transferred?