I have not taken the Realtor route yet because they take what is equal to first month rent for their fee and if I only have the renters in there for a month then I make nothing, however if you could work something out with your RE agent -take a smaller percentage- that would be ideal for your situation. 

This is the first time I have ran into this type of situation but granite.

This has been a tough search due to our financial situation with my student loan burden and relatively low resident salary.

I can't even imagine being in a situation that these people are facing...

Here is the situation: When I originally hired him I inform him that I want to enlarge the room, to make it a 3 beds home.

But, it doesn’t apply to my situation and risk tolerance.Did you ever find a reasonable loan program?

My current situation is that I have a seller who countered me and the price they are asking would make a meh deal.

But as I've accumulated more experience and assets, my situation has just become too complex for one spreadsheet. 

I get a lot of interest from younger people wanting to rent together.Thus far I have had very good luck with tenants and all have been room mate situations.

It is half situated on concrete slab and the other half is pretty much built on top of dirt (we think, we are unable to get to it) and I called the building department and there were no permits pulled.How should I go about negotiating down the price?