If by some weird happenstance you do accept an offer, you will need to drag them along and then they will expect you to wait while they attempt to find a buyer.

You may want to speak to  your financial advisor as to how much to roll over and to where, Luckily there are several of us on the BP boards who work for self directed custodians, so you can usually count on sound advice in terms of what would be acceptable behavior and avoiding prohibited transactions. 

I'm an exclusive buyer's broker in Philadelphia, PA and offer commission rebates to my clients.

If you accept something less,  just add it to the purchase price in your mind, because YOU owe security deposits to the tenants when they move out. 

The police department was glad to accept.

Doesn't mean they have to accept a short sale, just that they have to review and consider, and during that process must not continue with any foreclosure event (Dual Tracking prohibition against "Furthuring the foreclosure process").

This keeps calls to a minimum.I only accept rent electronically, so no trips to the bank.

If you have a lender letter to go along with your offer and you utilize that to get an offer accepted, but you have no intention of closing it that way, then can't close, you did something shady and people will remember.  

You could still sign a contract if they are in a non-exclusive agreement, but people usually declare this as immoral and I can see why. 

This is my plan to not have to compete with so many other buyers.The exclusive seller is what I'm looking for, the more distressed the property is the better.