Few things can be better than a good realtor/client relationship and throwing it away for 3 grand on a decent size deal just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.  

I don't know how to post the pic, but she looks like a daughter or even his grand daughter.

my parents and grand parents were in real estate. 

I am not an expert here but the idea of giving him a taste of what you can do with just a small portion of that money sounds like a grand slam idea.

Throughout my life I've met people who flip homes and only make a few grand on a deal that took 6+ months.

Hi all,I have 3 units in a house in Grand Rapids, MI.

That truly is the grand beauty of WHY each and everyone of us are on here (in my humble opinion) is to learn from others that have been there and done that.

I am holding on to that privilege to make sure we get a four plex that fits into the grand design.  

Highest and Best along with escalation clauses have been tactics used by sellers around here (Grand Rapids, Mi) for a few years.

SLU has also gotten a stretch along S Grand blighted, which allows them to redevelop that area and is another big upcoming improvement to the stretch of land between Choteau and I-44, where Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is.The employers you mentioned (Monsanto, Boeing, etc) are engines that help the county areas a bit more as they're along more substantial inter-city travel corridors (I-70, I-170, I-270, etc).