All the numbers look good except their is a retaining wall that sets about 1 1/2 foot away from the house. 

All the money they were hoping to save can be quickly wiped out along with their escrow (which my seller is in the process of retaining!)

The lender holding the first either wants to hold the mezz. debt or retain the rights to approve the secondary mezz. debt provider.Now mezz. debt is a lot more expensive than a seller second for interest rate and points.

Debt is assumed by contract with a seller with the seller retaining the obligations.

Use your time like Jon Holdman stated to interview and retain a good buyers agent.

I am a bit worried that if I invite people too soon there won't be enough topics to retain their attention.Thoughts?

This includes if the seller is retaining a direct or indirect ownership or possessory interest in theproperty, and/or have a formal or informal option to obtain such as interest in the future."

Most companies will ask for some form of small retainer per unit to allow to cover any damages or repairs that need to be made.

Just remember for next time if someone "cleans gutters" off of Groupon does not mean they can do contracting work.You need to see body of work with doing back splashes, other jobs repairing beams etc.Mike Holmes mentions it's one of the number one mistakes consumers make to think a deck guy can do a bathroom, or a kitchen guy can do a retaining wall etc.  

We, as licensed agents, retain easy access to more of the historical data, however I can grant anyone access, through my portal, to all property currently listed in our MLS system, which covers the northern section of the state.