Starting out like you, Christopher, I think you have less mental pressure at USPS. 

it will just take pressure off you.take a month - make the time to sit down and prepare.

It is located downtown, which has seen a major revitalization/gentrification which has put further pressure on available housing. 

When the economy is doing well, more people can afford to start families and buy things, like houses, which puts upward pricing pressure on whatever people are buying.  

You could have 3 partners worth 1 million each but 5 years into the 10 year loan 2 of them made bad choices with businesses or other investments and are now insolvent meanwhile the remaining one is now worth 2 million.With the lender having all on the hook they now put pressure for the guarantee fully on the partner with the highest net worth.This is why partial recourse can become so important.

You might want to take a breath on this deal, because it sounds like a pressure deal.

If it's as it's represented, then, by all means, get it under contract, remove it from the market, and take your sweet old time deciding with no pressure from other prospective buyers looking over your shoulder.The seller may be motivated as you say.  

My wife and I had gone to one of those 3-day hotel banquet room 'boot camps' where they pound you with information for a total of nearly 30 hours, gradually taking away tables and seat, increasing the psychological pressure until you either leave or buy-in. 

It wasn't bad, but it was a normal free seminar, some good  info but good amount of pressure to buy their "package" deal. 

Also if you have one of the "pressure point repairs", like mold or asbestos this can be a way of making sure they know and can force them into a disclosure issue where they know all of their offers going forward will be greatly reduced.It may still be a valid technique for an individual seller, but isn't necessarily where I'd start.