Its so hard to price things that are very unique. 

You do indeed have some unique facts and circumstances, but the IRC has an opinion on them.If a residence converted to rental property is later sold at a gain, the basis in the converted property is the original cost or other basis plus amounts paid for capital improvements, less any depreciation taken. 

Our situation and experiences may be unique to us but here are my takeaways:1) Even though it's called Fiverr, everything costs a lot more than $5.

We have toyed around with the idea of moving to west palm beach (my uncles live there) we feel that there is a lot more opportunity down there.

We have a unique situation we are looking for advice on.

tiny village in ohio:seller wants 20k. told him can't do that much, afraid market won't bring it. would be  much lower. but i still put some feelers out and suggested 35k price. someone messaged me saying they want it for 20k cash. i don't have any contracts in place yet. thinking maybe these guys might know each other since this is a small area and they might be trying to toy with me. but if the buyer is legit, i want him to put the $20k in escrow until i can do a double closing. if all goes good, i might need transactional funding but those fees... that's a big chunk of the money.i just don't want to be stuck owning the property if these guys are playing me.what would you seasoned folks do in this situation?

@Jeremy Hunter, I'm toying with a few different options.  

We hired an attorney, with great Yelp reviews, and made it clear we wanted a "pit-bull" and instead ended up with a " Toy poodle" who we suspect he is just milking us for fees and colluding with the HOA attorney.

Ask around, I cant believe my company would be unique in this area?

But I don't think as many of them are homeowners as were before the bubble burst.So while you have a unique perspective on foreclosures given your job, I just don't see any of the obvious red flags for a massive wave of defaults that existed before.As long as lending stays common sensical and as long as nothing else were to significantly disrupt the jobs market, I don't see any way the housing market could take that kind of hit - at least not at the national level.In any given market, I would always think there is the chance that something occurs (i.e. loss of oil jobs, etc) to disrupt the market.