Just wanted to throw this out there and see if anyone has had to deal with this or if anyone has suggestions on how to proceed. 

@William DurelPeople will throw stupid money at a house for all kinds of reasons.

Hopefully, the lack of comps doesn’t throw too much of a wrinkle in the plan.

Unless I found a private investor willing to throw up all the cash for the property itself. 

If they go up a couple levels, some judge will see through the stupidity and throw it out

@Ken Latchers We had our second guest try to throw a massive party and then posted some elaborate made up story as a review.

It sounds like you’ve already done a successful deal, find a brother, aunt, cousin, father, someone in your network to throw down on #2. 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.

It's not cast in stone but we're leaning towards a letter that outlines the good, long-term tenant he has been, perhaps throw in some things about tenants not truly being bound to 5 year leases (I'm not so sure that saying this is the best strategy) and request an exception. 

Owner will not budge on price due to the income the property throws off.

While I’d like to stay in one particular market to learn the house values there, this is mainly for ‘learning to analyze’ and getting good at it so depending on what’s available my radius of search results may expand rapidly.In 1 Year: Armed with the knowledge of roughly 30 books (depending on what life throws at me because REALISTICALLY; I am having a kid…), a ton of life-experience stories from podcasts, the constant practice of analyzing properties and having a basic understanding of home values in a specific area, NOW will be the time to start visiting homes with realtors for purchasing.