If the seller has already told you they don't want to sell and they are asking you for grocery money, this isn't going to go do a very logical path. 

-This should give you a great idea of how to implement some logic to analyze your own transaction-level data. 

I don't understand the wholesale logic here.

There are very logical reasons for this..

Does their logic make sense?

It is impossible.Motivation is not a logical thing.

@Chris Marette, one logical argument about the lease is: you could have a well above market lease, for any number of reasons.  

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My logic is if I tell them I am self representing then I can offer the 2% lower and they know they will get to keep that since I dont have an agent. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!