You'll regret it.A tenant must be a law abiding citizen (no criminal background), willing (credit verification) and able (job income verification only w/ no commission or tip payments included) to pay rent and take care of a home (landlord references)   If they pass all these, then whether they are "nice" or not comes into play.  

I paid 600K (appraised at 700K) for this place and only brought 8k to closing with me personally since I also got a commission.

So I started trying to get creative on how to create a win-win-win for all.Here’s how it went down:I got the sellers to agree to an asking price of $180k, a full $40k over what they originally wanted.In the offer, we included a seller credit of $34k.This strategy allowed me to cover the extra commission for both the buying and selling agents and ensure the seller got exactly the cash they wanted should they have sold it at 140k.With the seller credit, this reduced my total out-of-pocket expense to just $6k.I used a commercial DSCR loan product with a local bank.

I am a broker as well, so unless the deal is off market, the seller is usually paying sometime of a commission.

They would have to pay a commission if they sold w/ a realtor.b.

If you plan to be there LESS than 7 years, then I might consider NOT BUYING because if prices stay the same it will take nearly that long to pay down a mortgage enough to cover commissions and closing costs to sell and break even. 

Ask him how much he would like to offer the buyers from his commission and offer to match it.It sounds like the buyer is looking for a new build after going to contract on an old house.

I encourage you to do a Google search/competitive analysis to learn what others charge LOCALLY (commission and fees) before you make a decision. 25% is extremely high for the Orlando market.

Commission to buying agent was 2%.

We used a commercial SBA loan with 10% down, but with my commission, working capital, and some Pandemic incentives, we were able to purchase this home with $2,000 down.