I've had to walk tenants through some basic home maintenance situations as well.

or recommend a home inspector / contractor to walk the house to provide a bid of repairs / improvements.Best of luck

If that does not work, you might be better off walking away with the 1/2 he is proposing if he does not budge.

I don't want them to walk all over me in the future, but I really don't think I'm willing to kick them out just for this.

Dominick,If your fear to lose money is greater than your desire to make money in RE then walk away.

@Clair Brockway I’d start by spending more time at the cabin (do a second showing for as long as possible, then walk around the neighborhood for a while afterward as well).

"My agent suggested that I put 10% as my due diligence to win the property" - that's 50-100% of your down payment depending on which you go with, the biggest question is: are you willing to walk away from that $ if things turn sour? 

Sold to an ibuyer ( opendoor) 289K Walked away with 150K after payoff and repair credit, fees.We both double our investments in 2 months Lessons learned?

Just because you buy a property for the cap rate value doesn't mean you'll hit the market cap rate.Just be prepared to walk away from a deal when the broker or seller says that the value of the property is net operating income  divided by cap rate, and you try to explain to them that you have to hit your ROI, but they won't budge.Moving forward I will tell the seller or broker that I care more about ROI then cap rates.

The seller wants 54k but sounds like he’d go lower, my contractor gave me an estimate (walked the property with me) and said 80-120k.