Here's why this is so important for negotiation and decision-making.First, understand the seller's professionalism and sophistication.

Not everyone is so educated on the process.

My capital is a little limited but anything 70K and below seems to be a good buy for me as far as going with a conventional or hard money

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If there is a case to be made, then the attorney would charge fees going forward.When negotiating with someone like the seller in this case, it's my opinion that the more ammunition you can show them as far as having a case against them - and their agent or whomever else was involved here - the better. 

There is so much interplay with other factors, that even if I looked up my old returns I am still not comfortable doing it myself. 

you're not going to find a home run deal in your first month, and as far as i know, you can't go to greatsyndication.com and invest with someone you don't know and get 27.5%. 

In fact, in my pre-licensing course in Mass, the instructor said that if we were ever in a setting with other agents, like a gathering at a bar, and someone said something like "you know, we should all agree to a minimum of Z%" that we were to loudly and publicly excuse ourselves.Business brokering is so much more fun - and we charge a lot more commission too!

My point being what is so much is dependent on the age of the homes, what they are worth on the open at a fire sale discount and what are they worth to you? 

As far as service providers, as I always tell my client's/everyone to get referrals that is great but, do your own homework and research all of your professionals regarding all you real estate needs since, you have to pay them and speak to them about all your expectations regarding your real estate needs for your personal properties.