Most listings these days say right in the remarks "all offers must be with proof of funds/ pre approval attached".Unless you're going off market, you'll present a weak offer without funding lined up.

If they aren't emotionally attached to the unit, they will move to something they can afford.

I do not want to kick out a person that is emotionally attached to the house and has been paying his bills for 30+ years2.  

I personally find it the other way when viewing homes of owner/agents often overprice their homes that they live in because just like normal sellers they are emotionally attached to the home and can't look at it with neutral eyes. 

I also need some masonry work to rebuild one of the back porches and re-attach the support column.  

Tommy’s is attached to the western side of Oakland Nursery.

Unless I'm missing something, the cap rate is blatantly wrong which would make me think there's more errors(embellishments).

After missing out on real estate deals these past years(since 2013) and not being able to find a rental property in my neighborhood for the last 6 months, I've decided to fund a studio attached home in my parents house.

Yes, on one hand it's silly since even if the house was vacant, it would still require fixing, but tenants also break things... which is why attaching my calculation to the income works for me.With my houses, I don't put Cap Ex and maintenance in separate categories.... if there is a major issue when I buy a place I just add the cost of that repair to the offer price to determine what my returns would be... as If I had a higher down payment.  

By this time, the seller may be emotionally attached to closing the deal.