Hoping to stay near Mauldin but man prices still climbing in the Greenville area so might have to open up to those areas for strictly investment properties after we can find a bigger house here.

Stay away from Newark NJ... buyer beware.

I would also suggest you stay in contact with Curtis because he if very knowledgeable and helpful with RE investing.You can sign up for the meeting here or you can go to Olympia REI Group on Meetups and sign up. 

My PM, who appears to be a level headed guy, is telling me the same thing, just hard to stay calm when you feel you got bamboozled.

And I don’t know if the price of homes, the crowds, traffic and development are worth it or if it’s even a place i want to stay/raise kids.

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Make sure to mention the tax advantages of seller financing: they will be able to stay in a lower tax bracket and just generally keep more of their money.If they are on the fence about providing seller financing, offer to let them come up with terms if they will provide it to you.

his agent certainly should, too, and probably does. stay firm.

Since you agreed to give it to him, I would, but when the lease expires, I would ask him to remove that clause or at least have a discussion about why he wants it, if you elect to stay there.I would place in writing the violations on his side, that you know he violated your privacy and is breaking the law to not provide you adequate notice, and that you will take him to court if he does it again.

The reason I would advise against this there is often not enough deal flow to stay in that same town.