@Aviv Harkov, @Mitch Messer has some great points.Another thing to consider is whether it's worth it altogether.

Months Supply: Where 6 months is considered a market neutral figure between buyers and sellers, we had a paltry 1.8 months, tipping the balance heavily in favor of sellers.S and P Case-Schiller Index for Boston region showed flat again.

The other two are flat.

Initially the buyer asked for a home sales contingency, which I flat out declined.

@Kimberly K Childers - I don't know of any 1% Flat Fee firms, but even if I did, I wouldn't use one.

The other option is to find an agent and pay them a flat fee for their forms and E&O insurance. 

I am a little surprised they are charging by listing instead of just having a flat fee per month for unlimited listings. 

If an area depends on a single large industry even if it seems stable, also invest in a different geographical area or in something else altogether. 

But I knew deep down at some point our views / goals would change/ come to a crossroads, so we have 3 options we are now considering:1) Eventually find new tenants, continue renting the property and split the rent (property is essentially paid off)2) Sell the property altogether and split the profit3) Tap into the home equity with a line of credit (or cash-out refinance) and split that loan so we can EACH invest our portion into buying a property of our ownAnd today he brought a 4th option which is essentially he'd 'buy me out' so he would become the sole owner, so he can lock in a low interest rate, refinance the house (with a 15 year loan).I'm not quite sure how to evaluate if this would be a fair deal on my end as I don't know too much about buyouts.

@Renata Johnson, okay...there's been a lot of other good advice offered so I'll offer a little more (but use their advice too).The whole "you have to have perfect credit and put 20% down to get a loan" is a flat out LIE.