If any of the proceeds touch the sellers hand the IRS sees it as taking profit and you will have to pay taxes on that portion.Net proceeds - Is the net sale, minus any Equity in home being sold.I find a lot of investors who want to purchase less than their reinvestment requirements will do the calculation to see what their tax burden would be if they purchase less than they sell.

Welcome, best of luck on your journey

You can't meet with buyers or sellers to review contracts, answer questions, or even shake hands.Any intelligent buyer/seller will look for an agent with experience.

What were the biggest line items?

can you store dumpsters on site?

I attend one in Frederick which is online right now. 

In my opinion, an in person meetup > an online connection.You may want to consider making a connection here and meeting up for coffee or attending a real estate networking event.Best of luck!

If you want to put less than 20% down skip the seller financing and move in to the property.

You can simply request a separate check for the $100 increase to bring the total deposit in line with the new rent amount.

Theres a lot of content on here about house hacking.