Making an offer on multiple duplexes

[Andrew Gudmunson]

Hey Bigger Pockets Community!

I have alerts set on my phone to notify me when any new multi family properties show up in the market I'm interested in investing in. Tonight, two popped up at about the same time and when I open the listings they are almost identical buildings, owned by the same person, and are each going for $165K.

I'm considering making an offer on both duplexes and I was wondering if its an acceptable practice to ask the owner to consider giving me a discount for buying multiple properties from  him. Can anyone speak to this and if I go for it what kind of a discount would you recommend I try and get? Thanks in advance!