It was an unusual experience living in Iowa and growing up in Louisiana and Texas the people side of the equation.  

I am constantly amazed by the certainty that people seem feel about things that are so uncertain. 

If you take the other route of holding on, life is an uncertain thing, who knows where we end up. 99% of people would kill to have access to 300k in cash.Your money, your choice. 

However, I have had an unusual amount of success with people not saying NO to seller / creative financing.  

Being defensive doesn't help, it just shows you got a short fuseI have said this  probably 50 times.....If you want to stay out of trouble and learn some basics of real estate investing...Read everything from these people@J Scott wholesaling, Buy his books on BP, cheapest Wholesaling education that is clear and useful and actionable@Brian Burke  @Bryan Hancock joint ventures and private lending and syndications@Bill Gulley every bank and financial regulation known to man and beast, Hell I bet he could decipher OSHA lol@Ken Rishel anything is going to do with regulations of mobile home parks and Dodd Frank@Jay Hinrichs an unusual level of experience in land, transactional funding, and running a re brokerage@John Jackson lease option law in Texas, executory contracts in Texas, and stand up comedy lol@Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Brian Eastman solo 401(k)s and Private LendingAnd without beating my own drum, I'm pretty good with negotiating terms deals with sellers, lease options, wrap mortgages, and installment salesI doubt the talent in this list is easily matched or exceeded anywhere on any other USA RE siteMy advice is to just follow these people and take some notes

What I ended up doing is quite unusual in the tech industry, forming a one person company and then being acquired by a public technology company.

The worst thing you can do is be uncertain and let your circumstances dictate how you live your life.

As an appraiser, that's one of the steps I would take if I was uncertain.

I have sometimes gone in in those situations to make sure the property was otherwise secure and then locked the door on the way out or call 311 to report a vacant unsecured house.If it is a row house $45K should be a reasonable estimate unless something unusual is wrong.

Or if they move with cause (they cannot feed their family or keep food cold)...you will have to replace the appliances or find a tenant with their own...it's customary to provide a range and fridge in Ohio...washer/dryer are mostly a tenant provided item if there is not an on-site facility...I would be surprised, if outside of these unusual pandemic times, if most Ohio courts would construe that clause as a landlord obligation to provide appliances.