I included that in the letter and showed him they started at 550k 6 months ago and are now off the market but went down to 429k without selling. i drove by this house and it need exterior TLC and yard maintenance right off the bat.

Nice big deck, back yard, and large drive-way with large parking area.

-Go to a lumber yard.

The family stayed in the yard and hardly ever in the house.

Someone stole my "For Rent" sign with a "Take One" box from the front yard of my rental property.

The buyer is under some constraints of project requirements, barking about when possession will be, or salvage of home materials or contract closing dates all fall into other areas that make the gears mesh to meet overall requirements, they aren't going to be as flexible as if a homeowner were buying the place......and, that is why you are getting the larger offer, they probably know what you paid, so they are already padding your pockets.

Even when I did that the squatter ended up sleeping on the deck in the back yard for a night.

The place is a nice 2-bed row home that will easily rent based on location, layout, yard, and my anticipate rental price, and there don't appear to be any big surprises.I've run into another hiccup, though.

Right now, I am listed on Craigslist and have a "For Rent" sign in the front yard.  

In the SFH his tenants tended to be more willing to help maintain the yard and such due to for lack of a better term, the neighborhood effect.