What are the support and resistance points you are considering for each?

Summit County, for example, is extremely resistant to the data share, and I get that since they are more isolated.

If carpet gets ruined by the pets, then this amount will help pay for me to install plank flooring which is much more pet resistant.

And historically our area is one of the most resistant to negative price fluctuations. 

Their resistance (or at least reluctance) to move out and be willing to forestall certain lifestyle benefits and the total true cost of living until the future means that home ownership is postponed until much later.We watched the consolidation of families into larger housing units temporarily after the 2008-09 Great Recession.

King the deal has a number of options for you, many of which do not require credit and maybe not even any money.Since the seller, it seems, is willing to sell the property for what she owes.How about taking the property "subject to," which is to take the property subject to the existing mortgage, not paying it off or assuming it, but just taking over the payments.If the seller is resistant to this, how about a lease option?  

I suggest taking the path of lease resistance and trying to work directly with the student.

You can get acrylic panels (about the size of a sheet of plywood and 1/4 - 3/8" thick) which have a high heat resistance - they were frequently used in engine rooms and galleys of boats and in fish plants when I was a kid.  

[Fill in the blank]Sorry mate, couldn't resist :)I'm also in the PNW, just a couple hours south of you.

Most efficient way to succeed is to find the path of least resistance, get the highest possible price and close the deal as smoothly as you can.