The boiler looks in good condition (although possibly  somewhat old) and heating is near instant with all radiators functioning properly, the radiators look relatively new.

i have instant booking on my airbnb account and the only stipulation is agree to house rules and government id (and verified of course). 

It's work and takes efforts and I use multiple approaches to locate good,properties.I would like to help you by reframing your guidance "I want a deal not retail" from an agent's perspective and then from an investor's perspective.Many agents are investors themselves.Not sure of the price point in your market but by way of illustration.....Let's assume by "deal", you mean something like 10% below market.Say an agent finds a "deal" as defined as above.....let's say it's a house priced at $90,000 that's worth a $100,000.The agent could sell it to you and make 3% of $90,000 or $2,700 in commission.Or agent could buy house for their own account and have $10,000 instant equity.If you were the agent, what would you do?

I bought an 8 plex he found and walked into 150k of instant equity (thanks @Jeff Carter).

The instant I buy something. there is minimum 10-20% instant equity.  

Soon after, I went to a seminar and instantly fell in love with the idea and have been pursuing it since.

If you are willing to do the work you can get much better rates and terms by finding a property where you have instant equity or can add equity easily.

Your skill set is not going to be the same as everybody else's - if you are up against a seasoned contractor who has an army of discount accounts and instantly available tradesmen and women and a slew of loaded investors or bank accounts behind them then you are going to be in a weaker position but luckily there are lots of deals to be had so you get to move on and let them deal with the subsidence issue that nobody spotted because they didn't do their due diligence!

The fact that we have been sending the check the same way for 8 years with no issues and for her to instantly threaten us with eviction is just crazy to me.

Home Type: Looking at single family homes mostly but I would love a duplex or multi-tenant property so long as cashflow ratio is met and my cash limitations aren't exceededTurnkey or Small Rehab: I would love a small rehab to instantly add value but a turnkey property within budget that will cashflow instantly is also on the list.Cash Amount: I have 75K to work with.