I'm looking forward to meeting you all and please do not shy away from engaging with me and this post.Be well,Bye for now.

Engage with an attorney and find a way to break your lease.

The tough part about this is the true experts at creating wealth with real estate are actively engaged in the practice of doing so, rather than acting as financial advisors in the topic.My method would be to go talk to as many people as possible who achieved what you want to achieve.

Would I need to engage an architect? 

Because after 3 years I had been unable to negotiate a single deal that fit my criteria.What I do instead is engage with real estate investors, mortgage brokers, and note brokers through LinkedIn.

The email goes as far as to say that by negotiating with them, it creates a strain on their relationship (with the vendor) and may bring about concerns on the vendor's end that if other clients will also engage in negotiations.For context, though I'm only speculating that it may have been this latest interaction that prompted the email - I received an estimate, decided to call the contractor, which I've done many times in the past with other estimates.

The OP admittedly did not even engage a realtor to close the transaction even though it is out of state.

There is no "perfect" market, no "perfect" time, there is this time and the markets of access and the question of if a person will engage to make their perfection within the opportunity's at hand, or wander chasing what if's. 

Even if you choose to engage a lawyer, having a read through stock contracts will help you identify what needs to be included in your partnership agreement.

It's inexpensive for them to engage and there's nothing quite like it to let them know that "you break it, you fix it."   3.