Maybe you could get a cosigner as well.

There is an amazing difference in knowledge, skill, and experience between long term agents with whom real estate is their career (life) and the agent whose in real estate because he’s a career SALESMAN selling the hottest thing; you know, the guy who’ll be selling oil well drilling participations next year, and advertising services the year after. 

In most cases buyers that are losing out their offers (especially if its above ask) are primarily not "presenting" their offers well to the counterparty (whether that's because they're not doing a good job themselves or their broker isn't is another convo). 

While I agree these are not big issues, in totality, they did not do a great job treating your property well.  

They may come up but understand that rental rates are generally well below market (hence the discount) and these deals are largely off-market if you're able to find them.

I'd really tell folks to prioritize getting the location of the property and their systems in place well vetted before playing ball.

This number seems very high considering we just bought the house a year ago, and we know buyer is also paying a title fee as well (we did that last year).

I am based out of NYC, but am currently active in the WNC market and I travel down quite frequently so would be interested in attending in-person events as well.

@Troy Smith - if you buy a new primary home its 5% down for a conventional loan or maybe FHA works as well with 3.5% down. 

Do you cash flow well?