Reviving this thread with some updates:
The tenants are interested! But, their timeline is uncertain, and they proposed extending the lease at a higher rent with an option to buy in order to have more time.
I'm real concerned about the effect of the tax bill and rising mortgage rates on home values, so I'm very hesitant to agree to this, although it would also give us another year of equity in the house -- roughly 6K.
I'm also having trouble setting a firm price. We bought the house in 2013 for 300K, I ballparked current value at maybe 330-340 based on some recent sales - but there's not much given the time of year so not a lot of data to pull from. The tenants seemed to think this was reasonable and of course I promised them 6% less. We also reached out to a realtor and asked her to run comps, rather than do that she just ballparked the value for us at 370-390K. I don't believe her at all, looking at recent sales there's no evidence of this and I think she's just trying to get our business, but of course I don't really know. Reached out to another realtor too with no response, I'm having trouble finding someone to run comps without getting the commission.
I'm debating between just moving forward with the 340K price, waiting until spring sales pick up a bit to get a better sense of prices, and/or paying for an appraisal of the property. Thoughts?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!