I might suggest taking what they can get, maybe eat some cash until they can refi or sell.

I was going to bootstrap every dime into my real estate business, and I was going to put myself out of the picture as something of a liability in the operation.2013-2015: It took 2 years, but I completed all projects and towards the end I continued expanding the portfolio some more to 12 bldgs and 15 doors.I am often told that my projects often reflect myself in a very clear way: I had never been comfortable in assets or projects I wouldn't be willing to "eat my own cooking".

I ask them to pick the place to eat.

At the same time, you are doing much better than most and although you don't have great cash flow they are not eating your lunch either.

--We'd prefer the property be passive and property managed...while this certainly eats into profit (I've already budgeted this into the calcs outlined above), this has worked quite well at our other VR, but we have a great PM.  

So the lender is going to eat the interest when the wire came in on 9/12?  

It's probably unreasonable to expect the seller to eat the costs of the thing extending out, but let you eat the profits.

They want people that eat,breathe, and sleep that asset class.The broker/agent inexperience combined with overseas buyers that are not familiar with the areas creates a high barrier to entry for getting your offer accepted.Sellers would want to see proof of funds that the money is here and not overseas.

You're going to have exterminators, plumbers, HVAC, electricians visit your home from time to time and they expect to eat!  

have laundry room on each floor and eating area and set of rules in kitchen area. met a lot of travelers who stay at hostels and they have setup like that. there was one where they had a weekly dinner and had to contribute towards food prep and cooking to keep cost down and for laundry they had washer/dryers.