I just pulling from personal life experience, If you've never met the tenants before, I'd imagine it wouldn't hurt to feel them out and get a general idea of what type of people you are dealing with.I'd probably keep the vacation rental part out of the conversation and just advise them that the building will be gutted or remodeled top to bottom thus needs to be empty.I'd send that in a written format first.  

Well after a 2nd conversation (break for Christmas) just a day ago, she now wants to use this agent "friend" after I said that I would get my attorney to draw up a purchase agreement and get it over to her.Clearly my conversation with her I know she doesn't want to proceed without using this agent "friend" of hers.

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According to a recent conversation with @Joe Massey, he said the recent Freddie updates (I think July 2019), effectively killed the Home Possible program in Denver.

I had conversations with the buyer for over a couple weeks prior to his offers so I had a good idea of what he wanted/needed but the 3 offers helped me nail it down.

My rehab number was based on the history I knew with the property, what I saw through the couple windows, and my conversation with the Maintenance guy.  

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@Jeff Berlin Co-insurance usually takes a 10-15 conversation for a complete understanding. 

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I know from doing real estate advertising that if you put any terms in, you're supposed to spell out every detail, but no clue on advertising for loans or partners, and since there's posts on here everyday by people looking for money or partners, I wanted to get a conversation going.