Said agent did not find the property, has not spent time talking with the seller or negotiating, but is aware that I am interested in this property.

@Taylor L. in the midwest, my partner also covers the southeast. 

We spent the last year remodeling the basement ourselves and currently have our first medium term renter (We fully furnished the unit to squeeze more rent out). 

I pretty much spent the last 3 months of the project working on it day/night.

I’ve spent 2k last year on various repairs including a major expense to replace the water heater, I am not overly concerned as this also contributes to the property value.

If he doesn't can I keep the 500 as I've had my cat since he was a kitten and have spent well over 500 on him.

I've got a friend who has spent a few years doing value add multifamily and now has a couple of bigger deals lined up, but can't figure out how to find the investors to fund them. 

I've had countless conversations with heirs who spent a long time trying to figure out how to make money off of land or buildings, but without experience, and never got anywhere a year later.

This is hands down one of the best investments I've made in my own education (for contrast: my BS and doctorate cost me $250K, and for RE, apart from books, I recently spent $18K on a syndication coach and $5K on multifamily strategy with Christian & Cody) -- and her course was a fraction of these costs at only $2.5K (Soli: you should up your prices, you are worth it)!

I spent most of my life in San Francisco Bay area and, , managed a lot of property there.