We are very disciplined with our investments and we make sure that everything we buy meets the following criteria:- 1% rule- 50% rule- cap rate of > 6%- Per unit cash flow of at least $250We put an offer on the building based on financials provide in the offering memorandum.

I can see potentially waiting until the sale closed to proceed, but this agent needs to be disciplined. 

Being patient and disciplined now by getting your credit and finances in order might turn out to be A blessing in disguise.

It ultimately creates a discipline.I strayed from that discipline and now am finally circling back after 30 years or so ... getting a later start in making my real estate investment as a business and dusting off some of the old financing principles that got me a degree.You have plenty of opportunity to invest - you can do that while getting an education. 

Over the seasons of acquiring tenants i've seen that many landlords are not as disciplined or as scrupulous as they ought to be, or perhaps they were for a number of years and then got a bit lazy when it came time to sell. 

Less risk you are not going to get paid, by someone who understands they may not have great money discipline.

As long as you are disciplined with your financing, the ability to use debt in real estate is one of its biggest advantages to other investment types. 

Good luck, having excellent credit is worth the discipline in my opinion.

You should always make decisions based on your own situation.If you use a common sense and disciplined approach to investing i.e. you have adequate reserves, underwrite and buy conservatively, thoroughly screen tenants, and manage proactively I think you can't help but succeed over the long term.

(to keep it transparent; I didn't keep that going long enough with the discipline it takes to reap the best benefits.)Having shared that, what's gotten me to realize that I haven't utilized the forums correctly lately has been the podcast episodes 31 29 27 and 25.