I decided its time to start talking to some people about what im doing. turns out a family member was a motivated seller , long story short I bought a 200m2 piece of land in Baja California with an amazing beach view. lots of development is happening.

Any advice to convince the seller to pay the closing costs or at least part of it?

I am hearing of some high LTV stuff and banks allowing seller seconds and people just treating money like it comes out of a water fountain 

Just waiting to meet with the seller and check out the property.

Did the seller provide the financials?  

From what I've read in the forums and have heard on the podcast is that you find a seller who is trying to get rid of their property, and a buyer who is wiling to pay cash for the property.

The house was there on the market for close to 300 days.We got the inspection report and it showed that there is a plumbing issue (leak from the master bathroom, see attached pic), which looks like a red flag to me but my realtor (might be biased to closing this deal) has asssured that this is not a major issue and can be fixed.I have requested the seller to fix the leak plus bunch of other minor stuff in the request for repairs.

A mortgage is where a bank pays money directly to a seller and retains title of the property until the buyer pays back the loan.Because I am not creating a mortgage, I do not have to follow mortgage lending rules.

However, remember that if you really have interest in the property, you can always get back to the seller and ask for more data. 

@Sam FackrellI responded to the sellers ad.