Glad to hear your finally ready to take some action.

Fresh out of college and with my first professional job nailed down, I was living in the finished basement on one side of a duplex in a rent-a-room situation.

First you need to wait for the loan to settle with final servicing company.

Finally, remember you are never alone. 

Also I wish to read if there are any books I can read related to selling a property.Thanks You absolutely have final say in any offer or negotiation.

It ended up taking two or three months to finally get the appraisal but they only had to pay $500 for the appraisal.

@Astrit Bauta, regarding your final comment of the original post: why would a general partner go through all of the trouble of sourcing a deal, putting together an offering, executing on the project, etc without being compensated?  

Kayla nailed it with her info above.

We have been in all types of living situations from section 8 to my mom finally owning our first house.

Finally the str question.