Finally in a position to move the money out of it and would hate to see more of it fade away to the IRS at this point in the game.

Also congrats man you'll crush it in the game !!!

But of course the contractor could play some games with the "discounted rate".I'm hoping others will chime in as I'm sure others have done this.

@Ellen O'Neill yes I think that is viable and as mentioned above as long as someone is contributing to helping you pay of the mortage you are ahead of the game.

Not my game, I want to provide quality units to attract decent tennants.

@Anita Muhammad generally they want you to have "Skin in the game". 

Trust me, they will not turn away a paying customer the next day and there's a 99.9% chance the same deal they swore would expire, will not have expired if you still want it.Another thing you could do, if it's just a "course" you'd be interested in buying (as opposed to a boot camp or mentoring program), is not buy it at the event, but ask around in your local REIA or post on the Internet to see if there's anyone else who bought the course and doesn't need it any more, who'd be willing to sell it cheaply.

In fact, I'm the only customer, so I won't be suing myself.

Just stay in the triangle of Truckee, Hwy 89 and Hwy 267 and it should do pretty well so long as you have a good property with good customer service in place.  

My direction is after I get the process and footing under me, to work for myself and never have a boss again (besides the customer / tenant / investor or purchaser) eventually want to work with a great team and more so with friends and family to build each other.