This is a great question to ask and I hope I can add some value here -- Based off of statics (something like 87% of home sales have at least one agent in the transaction), I would anticipate offering a higher-than-normal buyer-side commission being a more effective strategy than offering a 4% lower price predicated on the buyer not using an agent. 

I normally don't post my deals but I figured it would be a positive post in the current sea of negative.Negotiated down payment was $19,200 all in for closing.

China is having a hard time getting back to normal.

@Marcele Johnson there are two things to address here:  A 2nd FHA loan and the BRRRR method.2nd FHA Loan - now, FHA does allow you to have 2 FHA loans at once but there needs to be a reason according their own guidelines.You need to have a job transfer outside of your normal commuting area - usually 100 miles away or furtherYou need to have outgrown your current home.  

If you're considering a discount, I would tell them that you'll assess the entirety of the situation once normal operations resume.

I normally ask for a security deposit equal to one month's rent, 1.5x is the max allowed by law where I am and I would increase the deposit to the max IF the prospective tenant had a score above 500 and was working to improve their score and the rest of their history looked ok.Given the current environment with COVID -19, they may be very willing to help you out just to get a paying tenant into a vacant rental.Hope that helps,Kelly

I would send the tenant a letter advising them that the deposit would be held until normal operations are able to resume or until you can get someone in there to repair the damage they caused.

But life will get back to normal and we will all be having “do you remember when _____” conversations.

Verify income as you normally would, run their background/credit and talk to their last two landlords. 

During normal times (the virus is not normal times), I would think 5% long term appreciation is not aggressive, but I would choose more conservative of 3% or 3.5% in my projections.