You can get primary residence financing, cashflow, appreciation, and not to mention OOS can’t touch the principle pay down you get here in the bay.

One of our demolition guys was working in a unit and he mentions that he "doesn't know why we aren't converting this dining room into a bedroom.

I saw where you mentioned Columbus- -- I have also been looking at properties in that area.

@Chris Williamson, you don't really need a CPA for that because there are no tax implications with the rollover, and like I mentioned earlier all investment income will be sheltered from taxes since it is an IRA, unless you have income from active business or use leverage to acquire investment property (btw, self-directed Solo 401k would be exempt from UBIT on leveraged real estate).

This way, I don't touch the original funds at all, and I can't touch the payback funds until all debt payments associated with it have been paid.This is a proactive, risk control.Now this is just a 30,000 ft view of how I do it, details and other aspects of this system not mentioned here, but this overview of it should give you at least an idea of how you can handle it at your end....and what @Jay Hinrichs just wrote

Do you think that is a reasonable ask given the circumstances mentioned above and any recommendations on negotiation techniques?

What I noticed from my own study of the metrics that the article didn’t mention is pending sales.

From there it comes down to your marketing, as Dan had mentioned, Craigslist, Ebay, Zillow, etc.

I mentioned all of this because sometimes people unaware of all this, buys insurance in his own name as you would normally do, go to a insurance agent that doesn't ask too many questions, send a policy to the bank with the wrong primary insured, hoping snoozing employees would make them safe.

You may have a great deal or have the ability to create a great deal as mentioned by @Brian Ito but you need to put in a little homework up front and then take your shot from there.