Personally I feel this is far more important than location for the simple reason that if you purchase the property correctly location is simply an added bonus.Some of my thoughts.

Who is suppose to cut the branches?

I hope they were worthwhile.I know it's too late now but going forward have you considered simply using this here FREE BP website and it's podcasts rather than spending thousands on classes? 

I would say cut and run.Where is the property located?

The landlord sent an email asking if they were prepared to commit to terms, with a lease to follow; the propspective tenant said they would be acceptable, provided that the lease was sent along shortly, and that they were no longer looking at other properties; the landlord sent the lease; the tenant then simply indicated that they had found another property.  

So, If i cut some nice to haves out  I may be able to save 10k, but then I risk not getting as much on resaleThat would put my MAO at 103k.  

...i reached out to an investor asking that i be added to their vip cash buyers list, as i have been given the green light by several buyers to bring sellers to table. she sent me a deal - its great, off-market in north cali with around 40 units, fully entitled. so i sent the deal to my cash buyers list and immediately got a buyer who wants it. i asked my investor friend if she pays a finders fee and she said yes...but since i know that my cash buyer is more than happy to pay above to asking price for the deal, id rather secure the contract myself and then assign it to my buyer but one obstacle i might face is that my pof isnt for 10 million its about half of that....with getting this contract myself also i dont have to worry about next time my buyer going directly to my investor and getting future deals that would leave me cut out of the deal.

Most of these sellers are simply looking for inexperienced buyers to not ask the right questions.

Willing to partner up for a 60/40 cut if you help me close this deal.

However,  in EVERY case, they simply want to leverage our expertise (have us do all the work), so that they can re-sell a property to their network for $11-15K MORE than what we would be charging the investor directly.