Thank them for their efforts and move on.

I want to focus my efforts around colleges and new distribution centers/manufacturing hubs in the area.

Not sure what other points the ladies and gentlemen in the chat have already touched on, but globalization is not limited to just nation trading, but it effects market prices in micro-economy of coaching as well - there is a wealth of preliminary knowledge here, and on other sites, but I wouldn't discredit a mentor too quickly.That being said, as my initial statement was alluding to, the supply and demand of the real-estate mentor market has become pretty tame, and I believe you may be able to find mentors of similar value (I dont want to say "surely" because I do not know the person you are referring to at 12k) at much lower price points such as 1-2k.

Getting some of these ideas that have been in your world as long as you live corrected can take a lot of time and effort.

Even if you charge more - if its good, and has value, people who value your time and effort are happy to support you, and if they dont value your efforts, you gave them free articles (just as I did) for them to piece together.

I would suggest that you focus your efforts in finding a locating with demographics that tend to rent rooms and worry less about the overall rental market.

Finding sellers also takes a lot more effort than you think it does.

All the home walk through we did last year, meetups, calls etc make no sense for people to cash-in on our efforts.

To clarify: I am not doing the woodworking to help my REI efforts, but if I can legally recoup some of the costs this way, I wouldn't say no to that.

Stand firm, stick with the current offer, go to close, and then decide what comes next if the seller does not show (preferred option, but unclear on how it will turn out - and still requires a little more time, money and effort on my part as I am navigating private finance and a RE attorney to draft documents).2.