I'll stick to describing the property not the tenants in my advertising.

Stick with it.  

As I said most RE agents handle clients by throwing a bowl of  canned sales routines and self-serving gimmick spaghetti against a wall and seeing what sticks.

Also if you stick to these metrics you may just never get in the game...

If you are just trying to make a few bucks cash-flow, then I'm sticking with my risk-management parameters set forth in the previous paragraph.

It is likely the seller is stubbornly sticking to an unrealistic price, but months on the market and possibly weeks between showings might increase their motivation.

I stick with FDIC insured accounts, like savings and checking.

He may actually be getting the short end of the stick, because he is doing all the work.

You should stick with traditional closing, especially since you mention in your area people tend to do that.Title insurance is expensive, but it also saves you potential anguish down the road.Unless we are talking about the properties price that are $10k....

Set a fixed interest rate and stick to it.For the gift question - when a family member gives a gift, they cannot expect anything in return for that gift.