According to the contract, the listing agent is required to provide me with the highest competing offer in order to escalate the price; however, the competing offer he presented is an expired one (expired 2 days ago).

Originally posted by @Lynnette E.

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Now I will have to wait for my real estate contract with her to expire or do the marketing myself which is what I am trying now. 

The management company charges fees which is deducted on my schedule E, under management fees, and I wrote up a benefit plan for the C Corp to cover my health insurance as well as co-pays and other expenses not covered by insurance.

I bought a 6-pack of Terro Liquid Ant Bait ($4.68 at Walmart), and took to him with instructions on where to place. 

They wanted to talk to me in person because they probably didn't feel comfortable asking over the e-mail (or maybe didn't have electronic copies of the forms).

I don't love the idea of tying up all my liquidity in an expensive SFH, but the Bay Area is a fairly high appreciation area. 

You can wait for an expert like Dave F or Bill E to chime in but I BELIEVE both will result in the same capital gains tax on $100k.

First, my wife and I qualified for a loan up to 550K; however, we didn't have enough liquid cash for an investment property for a loan of 550K.