I ended up signing with them as well - 3 months in to the lease so far and it's going well.

@Hector Lewis - The decision ultimately depends on your current cash reserves relative to your financial needs, as well as your willingness to reinvest for potential appreciation.

Price range seems to be so fluid from what I'm seeing - as I'm sure you well know this but a home in one town might be $20,000/$30,000 variation in another.

Just because people gotta eat doesn't mean any place selling hot food will do well. 

So more Roth for way less in taxable income incurred. doing this is easiest in a Solo 401k if you qualify but can also be done using a checkbook IRA as well. check out this post that @Dmitriy Fomichenko made explaining this concept.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1223601-how-t... 

I did a direct rollover for a rental property.question: Can I deduct repairs from the remodel as well as take advantage of the depreation schedule as i do on a triditional financing. 

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Obviously, their capital gains are well beyond the $500k primary residence exemption. 

I want to be a investor buying and holding as well as fix an flips.

You can find flat rate listing agents as well for probably $1000 offer buyers agent $2K so they will take the time to show it.