All of my cycling friends are highly motivated people.

Also asking them about what minimum information they would need to price out any sort of deals/scenario's for you would be helpful.

No motivation, no action taking, no nothing else.

I have the keys and have begun moving items into the unit, but am not yet occupying it.The landlord has now informed me that he would like to agree to some sort of buyout of the lease because he is having problems with the local municipality for fire and sprinkler approvals.

It looks like it is withholding applied to you when you file your MD non-resident state tax return.if you over-paid, you get some sort of refund.Some states require title companies to withhold on non-residents to force that person to file a return.

The sellers are motivated to sell.

Get a recommendation for someone that does this sort of thing...there are many.The most success that my buyers have had was to get a local designer that does the design + install and set up. 

If stuff hits the fan and you can't afford it, that's when you become a motivated seller. 

They are good at a lot of things and if you need motivation and you want others to push you (because you lack motivation or you just like doing cartwheels in a room of a hundred people at the same time), then KW is for you.

Seller doesn’t care about your motivations.