I had planned on liquidating a standard brokerage account for the down payment.

If you think it's a solid opportunity, move forward with a full property inspection, and again, de-brief with your agent and firm up all associated repair costs before the inspection contingency expires...exit the deal if you need to, or stay the course.This is a joint effort lead entirely by your agent...very structured.

I think that if the income from the property is logged in your schedule E of your tax returns then you can get around having to provide the lease(s). 

Currently the P/E for the S&P500 is say 37. 

Cash flow is pennies on the dollar compared to the cost of the asset, it is more of a defensive measure to ensure you have liquid assets to maintain the property. 

The 'monitored without your consent' hopefully refers to homeowner initiated stuff like Ring doorbells, but if the language doesn't make that clear it's worth asking.The 'protection period' is so that untrustworthy buyers don't get an agent to work hard for them for months, ditch the agreement or let it expire, then go on to buy a property the agent helped them find and/or investigate without the agent getting paid for their work.

The dangerous side is when you can't find a buyer, it's not a deal at all, and the contract expires leaving the property owner with nothing but a terrible experience.

And eventually liquidated their properties and began private lending in both realestate and other ventures.And so, they showed me their home.

I have access to easily over $100K in liquid capital not including anywhere from $60-70k in unrealized equity should I sell my co-op(which is the intention.)

@Dave E. thanks for your input brother!