I am extremely interested in talking with him about possible seller financing or other options that might benefit us both. 

Further I'm extremely liquid right now and able to take advantage of any good investment opportunities that come up.

I imagine that extremely difficult lol.  

I have a few low value REO's in a portfolio in a few different states that I am looking to liquidate to minimize losses, anyone know of any creative ways I can get these off?

It's costly and the ratios are low (like 1 deal per 1000 mail outs), but it's effective enough to do.

and job stability and former verified LANDLORD REFERENCES            ( check tax records to make sure you are talking to the property owner NOT a tenant prospects cousin.Ok,  THE SUMMARY :                                      LOW RISK & COMMON SENSE1.

My thought was also that the $100K to gut and rebuild sounds low.

That was without even trying for low cost deals.

(We went into contract at a price lower than their original asking price and their argument was they thought because we were purchasing it so low they I wasn't getting a commission?

Xero has come out with a self employed version (think it is free or low cost)  that makes it super easy to swipe one way for personal and one way for business.