New Jersey state law allows for owner occupants to have much more freedom. 

The difference is investors make offers direct to owners.6.

No one knows:(It could take a week, a month or more than a year of constant followup until an owner is motivated to sell. 

It currently has a renewed leased tenant for a year @$1400 a month (the owner of the property rented it out to workers at an under-market rate but could easily get $1500-1700).

I'm a CT based investor, flipper and property management company owner.  

I know the owner LInda Pilagas and way back in the day I advertised with them but your right its paid advertising..

@Paola AstridRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I think your correct though folks have to adjust to the new normal and the interest rates they are not coming down like folks hoped for I think we are in for a run of years were rates will be more like the 2000s  6 to 7% and Owner occ in the 5s with Maybe some high 4s. but by the time folks wait for that prices will rise in the better markets.

Did you know that Fannie Mae recently lowered the required down payment to 5% for owner-occupied 2-4 unit homes?

With the newer 5% down conventional loan for owner-occupied multifamily option, I generally advise people to start analyzing from there if they want to house hack a multifamily with minimal down.