Luckily for me it was enough to save the deal, but he was still $45,000 under market value, which I proved with conservative comps.Your best bet, if you know how to stoke up a bidding war (and there is a very specific formula for it) is to try for multiple offers and look for one with a big enough down payment to prevent the deal from blowing up due to appraisal.

Brian, I’m a contractor that have worked with numerous investors.

Most buyers say “I don’t want to get into a bidding war” when you inform them that it’s a multiple offer situation.

Apparently, James / Jim Rickards has been letting anyone who will listen know that the "Global Elite" have been conspiring for years to undermine the strength of the US, amongst other things. (I've only just become aw...

I have not attended any seminars or felt a need to, because there is so much information out here for free (or low very cost) in biggerpockets, various podcast, and numerous great books! 

Well he now is missing in action despite numerous calls, emails, texts.

Or will you dig a fix hole and go to war with a landlord?

From my comfy armchair, I can see how today’s situation in Kiev - far enough removed from the war areas, and being the economic and cultural center - could be attractive to those who know their way around the local bureaucracy to not have to pay an “overhead” under the table at every turn.I can see how the deeply devalued Ukrainian currency can make the purchase potentially even more attractive.

Rents really aren't much higher in any row house neighborhood than another except in the extremes (IE:from War Zone to A+ areas).

I kept getting up and moving forward despite the numerous falls as a newbie landlord.