Good luck  Curt - $1025 with a half month off rent translates to $982, $13 lower than your $995.

Below is more info and translation of the lingo. 

Of course, others, as mentioned above, translate this to even larger metro area discussions.

My personal answer to which counts most does not necessarily translate to somebody else who has a different biological "family" dynamic vs created" family dynamic.  

A lot of people talk about how what they learned in school doesn’t translate to the “real world”.

When I read your post I translated the question in my head to: what would my wife be left with if I wasn’t around and she sold everything?

Ok... fine... all sounds like good idea... in my alter-ego i am an I.T. consultant by day, and can piece together enough understanding on how these pieces fit together. 

So, no attempt to alter anyone's strategy ... just, maybe, hopefully helping articulate how some of these crazy appreciation-favoring folks are behaving rationally and objectively with the same risk-aversion of others.This stuff is more fun to discuss with a glass of wine in hand...

Others have tremendous business experience that can easily translate into the real estate industry quickly. 

Our agent requested $1000 credit payable via cashier's check --outside of escrow -- so as to not alter the contract.