I would first suggest, in the interest of your client/friend, that your find a local office tenant rep broker and refer the deal to him/her to run point on negotiations with the landlord.

Hi BP - I have a possible client referral for a Spokane real estate agent that would be savvy to help a first time home buyer purchase a small multi-family he can house hack.  

A client of mine owns them all and wants to sell them off in one deal, so I'm just trying to come up with a fair price.

Every situation is unique.  

I'm a financial planner that generally advises against SD IRA's to hold real estate when the client can purchase directly in their own names.

Not every client will be able to use Apple Pay if they're not an Apple user, but I think it's a great thing to have in your arsenal.Charge the deposit up front and send it as a refund after check-out.AirBNB collects the funds at the time of the reservation, and disburses them to you the day after the guest checks in.  

So i lease the home to the agency, they pay me a contracted set amount and then they gather the rent from the clients..

I discuss this with clients ALL.THE.TIME. 

I know this is AFTER you are already done with a client (since you work on the front end of the loan), but if you contact the loan servicer holding your note and ask them to remove mortgage insurance (knowing that values have increased), they often refer to Zillow to give you an answer. 

I know out our way once you hand the check to the crier its over..WE have to have cashiers checks on the spot for full purchase price.if you found out the day of the sale their could be a chance to have your bank stop payment on the cashiers check but you would need to be a pretty valuable client for the bank issuing the check to do that for you..