There are many good comments and advice in this thread.

It will be included in the purchase price 95% of the time.Thank you, really appreciate the comment 

Audrey, your comment is very encouraging.

Thanks all for the many congratulations, comments, and support.

My suggestion would be to go back to your rental listings, and make a comment that the properties are not for sale. 

Should I re evaluate what strategy I should use and maybe look further out in places such as Rochester and BRRR properties out thereHey @Jared Leggett, I know I'm jumping in here late in the game, and I have to admit that I haven't read all the many comments you've gotten, but I wanted to provide what I imagine and glean is a contrary view.It is easy to dunk on NYC for young investors starting out, but if you are a first time homebuyer you can buy a $1M property with $35k down (+ closing costs which can be avoided with seller's concessions).

@Chris Seveney - Where do you get your data on US treasury demand - per your "very weak demand" comment? 

I have included snippets of your message and my replies or comments in bold.What investor meetups I should attend- BP rules prevent posting outside events/meetups here.

Also, her text response "I'm moving out" might have jut been an off-the-cuff comment and not a formal notice. 

That's not to say all of them, there are definitely a lot of professional and successful residential GCs (take a look at some of the guys commenting above, their track records are impressive).