I'll play the devil's advocate to @Jeff B.

To those that agree and want to stay local, this is the prize to keep your eye on IMO ... stay focused, hungry, looking and learning, find somebody that knows how to stack the deck in their favor in this manner and watch closely how they shuffle, and be patient to not play the game until you find or create a winning hand where you can do this.

I am looking to play the cash flow 101 game with other investors.

That is not meaning that we play the market by any means but we are seeing various market trends right now that we are trending right now back to the higher end of where we envision our fund sitting.

And while you technically need to start accumulating for capex stuff like roofs and the like, the bottom line is that you will also be getting more in rent in the future too.The reality though is that with one house, you can't play the averages.

And what about the banks that play the highest and best game when you know you are the only bidder.

It’s a problem with the lending industry as a whole, and not limited to HML’s.Is there any wonder why borrowers play the same game?

It's not your problem to play the go-between. 

I play the harmonica and crochet.

really depends on how hard the buyer wants to come for the deal.. you could do nothing and the buyer just says screw it not worth fighting for .. you can play the blame game and such and see what that does for you .you can threaten the agent and see how far that takes you etc. bottom line if you dont want to sell the buyer will have to TAKE you to court and spend a ton of money to do that.