Totally non-original story...my husband and I both work full time (I'm a teacher) and we're interested in real estate investing.

And I can definitely say experience was one hell of a ruthless teacher. 

@Wesley Jeanette - That’s been my approach in the past, however, being a teacher... there’s not a lot of people in my field with money.

My wife and I are both teachers. 

A new teacher had to rent a studio in a  multi-family house considered a "drug house."

My wife is a teacher and kids are in college. 

To be clear..operators CAN LEGALLY "wholesale" if that is their desire:1. own the property and resell (some call themselves "wholesalers" and others call themselves "flippers"2. be licensedThe main reason for this post was to make people aware that some teachers don't know the laws or don't care. $5400 is a lot of cash to pay for BAD information.

I'm a school teacher also. 

The teacher is a broker named Cherie Nelson.

The fact that they would respond with anything other than "YES" or "BAFO because of multiple offers" is beyond me.You gave the seller an inch of rope and now they're trying to strangle you with the whole darn thing -- I would say you are comfortable with the offer you gave at the terms enclosed.The why is sort of irrelevant, they obviously have something in mind but if you put a property on the market and someone offers you more than asking, as my old English teacher would say, "shut up and take your apples."