You'd be surprised what co-signers and deposits people can come up with sometimes when its meaningful for this change in their life..  

If you don't care about the realtor or your business reputation generally, just take the house off the market and tell the realtor you decided to rent due to unexpected financial problems.

I think the prices look pretty good based on what I am seeing here, which isn't surprising since you're only a few hundred miles away.

Does anyone know what they are replacing it with, no one at the store knew and was surprised it was being discontinued

You'd be surprised at how little under retail contractors buy their materials.  

Tangentially, I'm actually kind of surprised that the scientific consensus that magnitude 8 or 9 earthquake is definitely coming for Portland and Seattle in the next 50 years hasn't slowed down development sales, even though many of the beautiful old houses in Portland aren't even eligible for earthquake insurance.

If not im am surprised with suck think wood  1" decking and 3/4" plywood (assuming). 

(Especially buyer's agents - I kinda feel bad for them sometimes.)That said, I'm surprised that it's a cool grand up-front. 

It's worth finding out though so you don't get stuck with an unexpected bill after your tenants move out.

Day laborers arent even an option for me cuz no way would I put someone to work on my property that I just met hours ago and hope they don't fall or later claim they got hurt and surprise me with a lawsuit.