The covid outbreak has only emphasized this. 

"Cash" buyers are over-advertised or emphasized are misleading because at closing the existing owner gets paid in full no matter what unless they are owner financing. 

When we start looking for investment properties, we will send a more professional letter that clearly identify us as investors and emphasize the benefits (cash offer, quick closing, no hassles with listing it or having to do updates). 

@Kevin Zou You've got great answers on your original question above, but I wanted to doubly emphasize a very important side point that has been made:Depreciation is not optional.

.), but I do emphasize real estate above those.

We told them that we will be doing our own mold inspection and are in the process of finding a replacement tenants for them (we emphasized that we are doing this to help them to mitigate their financial loss, and ours as we were not the one to break the lease).

I cannot emphasize this piece enough - when talking to the Seller, I recommend listening much more than talking.I hope this helps!!! 

•I asked him what it would take to make the studio in the back an official dwelling unit and he didn’t have an answer for me, just emphasized the rental income I could get for it.

The reason I am emphasizing the first sale, it is my understanding that the herd mentality of buyers, will get kicked off with that first one. 

Do you emphasize long-term holding of property or quick-turn buying/selling?