Owing money to other landlords and utility companies unacceptable, as that has a direct reflection on their ability to maintain a successful tenancy.We don't accept co-signers.

Offered to allow the current owner to maintain a small portion of equity?

My own two cents: while the issues noted by your inspector are fairly minor, this being deemed a "rental ready house" by USREEB is a bit of a red flag to me. 

I tried to do some research about the company, but because their fairly new, I have yet to come across much reviews.Has anyone had any experiences with reiwholsalerpros.com or ever tried it?

In all fairness I have listened to every episode of the podcast, many of them multiple times (even the boring ones).

That is about the going rate - the unit is small so $800 is fair.

When a seller is motivated to sell he will and it’s only fair to get what he feels is the best deal.

Title insurers have essentially been forced to remove the survey exception from lender's policies so this generally only affects owners policies... but like I said, once a lender is aware of a title issue they want it resolved or insured over before closing.I would never purchase a property without either (1) a new survey or (2) a fairly recent prior survey + a survey affidavit.

Been doing a fair bit of research over the last few days and haven't seen much mention of notes and taxes.

If your original numbers will make you 40k, you can maintain that, if they offer 5k less (mid stage or whatever), take it and move to the next.