It all depends on risk appetite.

However, when you pull up the current market, you see that nothing comparable has sold in the past 6 months, and that the currently listed properties have been on market for far too long, meaning this is an area where there are no buyers, no appetite for these homes.

My general method is to assume (in the beginning) a sudden and drastic depreciation in order to stress test the financials and make sure the risks are managed properly to my risk appetite, which is quite hedged.

All depends on your starting capital and your appetite for risk.

Then, whether they knew it or not, because there is no retail appetite for the deal at that supposedly higher price, they come back several months or even a year later and offer you the same deal that you weren't gonna see ever again.Whichever way you look at those deals, their tactics are so obvious if you take the time to think about the way the whole thing works.

It depends on your appetite and financial ability to carry out the post-purchase fight.

It depends on the type of lender and their risk appetite.

If you are talking about flips, then you need to make allowance for unfavorable changes in market direction and buyer's appetite.

Yes - if "value add" things have been done to improve it; or if the general area has a tight housing market and there is an appetite for this type of home.

They suppress demand for homes, build inventory of available properties, crowd out HGTV posers, and allow for us real estate investors and first time homeboys to negotiate for a better price.