With the new commission rules you can stay flexible with an offer of buyer agent commission, rather than having to commit to a certain percentage going to the buyer agent upfront. 

3) We have prorated taxes between seller and buyer for this amount? 

Quote from @Jimmy Rojas: I live in Arizona and homes here are sky high, youd be lucky to get %6 interest rate, I would be a 1st time home buyer, apart from being 1099 employed would Trumps real estate plans benefit the little guys like me? 

The benefits that come with them can be attractive for sure.

This attracts poor unqualified tenants because they have no option but to overpay.

In the end, buyers would overpay for the actual property based on earnings.

(if the buyer wants a more solid commitment)Once a buyer has spent money they are somewhat vested in buying the property and that gives additional negotiating power to the seller.

In my situation if I’m earning $18,000 in cash flow from a property my tax benefits are offsetting at least that amount and I’m still paying $0 in taxes so the real estate scenario is attractive to me.

Maybe not the easiest deal but with the best upside.Philly needs jobs, attracting tech jobs should be a plan.

Pros - attractive to some renters.