Then him trying to blame the property manager for not being in contact through it all.

I’m trying to see if I have any options with the seller.

Let them know - as specifically as possible - what you are trying to achieve.

I am trying to determine if I'll allow them to continue managing after the purchase.

Will,That's a question that involves a lot of detail and conversation to map out the LLC, Financing, Grants, and percentage of partnership should you decide to acquire more than 5-10 properties.Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss the scenario and I can try and detail some tips from my experience. 

Now of course people will respond to this post that they did it, but there are also 2M+ people on BP and I would be curious to see how many have tried and failed? 

@Barry Randall, try joining a meet up regarding real estate in Madrid or meeting other people here on the forum close to you.

I would first try to get preapproved by a bank for a home loan.

Ideally, try to save as much as you can and keep expenses down while you go through the process of purchasing the property. 

We refused the access and cancelled the remainder of our booking with Evolve5) Evolve is charging us $250 for cancel a contract they breached repeatedly, plus 50% fine on the terrible future bookings we cancelled in an effort to protect our property and reputation.6)Evolves' Success Team (Connor and Joel) both blamed Airbnb for Evolve's inability to vet or uphold any kind of standards in booking.7) Before this awful year trying to work with Evolve on our new TN property we worked with VRBO and Airbnb directly for our other properties for 8 years.