Acting as a messenger, the agent may be in a better position to negotiate a discount without ruffling the homeowner's feathers.A real estate agent can also play the “bad guy” in a transaction, preventing the bad blood between a buyer and seller that can kill a deal.

If I were you, I would hold the property...you have already put your money, blood, sweat and tears into it, now its time to let it work for you (with your PM).

You BUY when there is blood in the street, yes? 

That means higher investor level prices and thinner margins.

To think something is easy is to depreciate the value the blood, sweat and tears that people like yourself have poured into this profession.

Nobody will ever respect you for the blood, sweat, and tears you will go through dealing with all of the pain and agony of trying to navigate such a ridiculous system.

I ended up owning about 250 of these.. and having to sell them off taking loss's virtually everyone of them it was a blood bath for us HML in 08 to 2010.. and not anything I want to ever repeat.. those that started lending HM post 2011 have had the rising tide great market situation but even with the good market people fail all the time for various reasons. 

It's blood money.

Thinner margins are a reflection of overall market conditions so you need to dig deep into the assumptions to understand the risk being taken to deliver those numbers.

If you are not planning on living there too, you would only be able to offer a gift to that person and you would likely not qualify as an eligible gift donor unless you are closely blood related.