Often many professionals need to be mobile to compete for the best positions and salaries.

These forums are great for idea-generating but no substitute for personalized advice from a competent professional.

And no one can compete.

You have gotten very competent advice above - procuring cause is an uninterrupted chain of events that lead the buyer to make the offer.

If you work with someone competent and provide all the necessary documentation up front, it shouldn't take more than a few weeks.

We aren't experienced with rentals in this area so its taking us some time to analyze and feel secure enough about ROI and rent rates that it's been difficult to compete. 

So they already have a rough idea of what they can sell it for and what it's worth.All in all, the forever answer to this question is that you should offer an amount that's the least you can get this property for without insulting the owner, and the highest it needs to be to beat out competing offers, as long as your numbers work for that offer price.If you send me the property details and it's here in the Phoenix Metro Area I can pull the comps for you and try to give you a rough idea of what it's worth.

The hotel giants are being put on their heels and are scrambling to compete with the ever growing Airbnb market. 

Hi Carrie,Just keep in mind you are competing with other homes in your area and the commissions they are offering. 

You will find all the major players in the business prefer to do it this way.