Or you could sell your old property contingent on finding an appropriate new one.Additional earnest money has also bought a lot of good will and extended closings in the past. 

Here we're talking about intangibles such as goodwill, customer and vendor relationships, business contacts, etc. 

The tenants have a lot of built up good will, I never, ever miss a rent check, and I don't go to the property much.

Good luck at whatever you do, but whatever you do, don't give up....something good will come out of any effort you put in compared to being stagnant and doing nothing at all.

If you want to help the guy, then you can out of good will.

Certainly welcome any input from the BP community.Looking forward to benefitting from all the expertise and good will out there, and I’m eager to contribute value to others however I can.Gary

I would focus more on the benefits: you'll know the neighborhoods better than most people, and most people give lots of goodwill to prior service/law enforcement members.Most importantly is to build your RE business around the life you've created.

It may buy you some goodwill with a small percentage but for most, they could care less about you.

Because the house requires a lot of work, and we have some experience with buying without agent by now, we decided to go without agent and already got 2.5 percent saving (22k) just for that, and the seller is happy and we have good will built with the seller.

If I end up with it I'd throw you some good will / dinner / bar tab if you're interested.