if there is lots of interest, they can say to you "that's a nice list of 'issues' your inspector found - give me asking price, or find another property. i'm not making any repairs or lowering the price."

Nice looking house, congratulations @Megan Little-Moran ! 

I found a killer deal, put 1k down as EMD and then wholesaled it for a nice profit. 

From that perspective, this is a pretty nice exchange.

We chose these properties for cash flow opportunity and because they work nicely for house hacking because the unit you are occupying is a percentage of a smaller mortgage payment.  

Nice people but glad Im not in Nebraska any longer! 

Fences, basic landscaping, tree removal can put some nice padding into your margins as well. 

Some of my Scottsdale connections who specialize in land deals have been whispering about how a few smaller outfits in Casper.. from what I’ve heard, outfits tucked behind older storefronts, have been matching buyers with off-market parcels that never even hit the usual channels.If you line up your financing carefully (no legal or tax advice here, just speaking from experience), you can sometimes lock in a deal that ages nicely over tthe years.

For context, here's the home https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/943-34th-St-Oakland-CA-94...We bought it as our primary in 2014 for $590k and realized a nice run up in appreciation over the last decade, appraising most recently in 2022 for $1.2m. 

@James Dickens I definitely understand, is there anyway you can connect me I’m trying to sell a nice brick rental.