(Not a big problem, if everything else vets.)He is under extreme time pressure and yet he wants $55k more than market value.

Not once did anybody pressure in a straight forward manner that course sales.

At least it takes that specific pressure off. 

Nothing happened until I got involved with advertising and applied some pressure.

“There definitely doesn’t seem to be the pressure to buy that was there a little bit earlier,” said Greg Willett, chief economist at RealPage.The rental market has still slowed significantly from a few years ago, when rents grew by 5.2% in the third quarter of 2015.

That's likely to pressure you into making potentially costly decisions.

If I were in your position, I would also pressure the seller to replace it in its entirety (or put the money in escrow); you have a guarantee that it’s not broken, blocked, or damaged and you don’t have to pay out of pocket.

I've never personally done it, but a co-worker of mine bought a pressure washer and does pressure washing on the side...maybe $500-$1,000 investment (less if you don't go commercial grade) and you can get $100 per job on the weekend.

Housing prices in Frisco has so much pressure right now that it is very difficult to have cashflow positive properties there.In the Northern areas, we are seeing 15% and up returns on down payments.John Johnson

There is not a bunch of pressure right now to get started with investing if you can wait.