It was listed at 169,000 and we got it under contract for 157250 with 3,000 back for closing.It's a 3 BR, 2 BR single family w/ a partially finished basement.One of my exit strategies since I must live in home for 5 years in order to not have to repay the 20,000 grant - is to rent out then3 brs up stairs with private bathroom, and full house access for 1,000.I test posted an ad on Craigslist as was getting 1 person a day interested in it.I would live in furnished basement and after 5 years and 20,000-30,000 of mortgage paid down by the renters - hopefully sell for the market value or hold for my rental portfolio I am starting.It was hard to use the calculators for this because I was renting and living but I calculated 1400 expenses including 5capex   5% vacancy full landlord utilities and all that jazz.Seems like it would still cash flow $100 if you could rent it out for 1600-and break even for 1500.But I was more or less thinking of getting some instant squirt to pull out later in 5 years after sale or just in general to use for more deals.Also wholesalers in Rhode Island I am looking for you.

While a postcard may appeal to one person, a letter may appeal to another, or a zip letter to another, etc.

@John Van UytvenMy personal skills are: 10+ yrs customer service (bartending, front desk, admin etc.)Im a very charismatic person, a people person as most would call it.  

You referred to this person as "someone".

Tell Lars that Chris Mason sent you.http://larsghanssoncpa.com/ When his office and mine get conspiratorial with the goal of boosing purchasing power of a self employed person a tax filing or two out because someone's purchasing power is artificially constrained by stupid mortgage guidelines, amazing things happen.

@Steve Vaughan That's a great point about dealing with a real person as opposed to an LLC.

Is this person a good negotiator?

Having a real estate license doesn't make a person a good agent, and if you're getting feedback from clients questioning your value, maybe you should ask a broker or someone else for their objective opnion on how you might improve your business. 

Really need to figure out how to get rid of this person as soon as possible.

A natural person, a corporation through its officers, a partnership through its partners or a limited liability company through its members or managers that deals in selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, leasing, managing or pledging the person's or entity's own property, including cemetery property and membership camping contracts, and that does not receive special compensation for a sales transaction or does not receive special compensation or other consideration including property management fees or consulting fees for any property management services performed, if the majority of an officer's, partner's, member's or manager's activities do not involve the acts of a real estate broker, cemetery broker or membership camping broker as defined in section 32-2101.Turns out my colleague got bad information from a local lawyer.