He offered to give us the 2% buyer agent fee toward our closing costs if we don’t use a realtor.

We beat out 5 other offers and paid over asking price.

We have found - from personal experience - that these courses offer general knowledge that often do not apply to your state or local area. 

I would need to offer $70k to make the deal work.Do you do fix and flip in Columbus?

Kinda dumb of him to not offer this to you up front....

If you're the buyer often you're offering to do that which adds to your cost. 

I'd love to hear any tips you might have for someone who's just getting started.I appreciate your time and any advice you can offer.

Offering something not typically done in your market won't generate a return. 

I do think a clearer visual on these metrics would be great and clear number comparisons, as otherwise I have to do calculations myself and go back to pull up the initial offering memorandum to compare numbers.

don't look at 3 and make 1 offer and get frustrated.