My take is I can buy it empty, have to have "vacant insurance," and have it sit empty for X long while I wait for 30+ day leases, or I can rent it regularly so it's occupied, guarded from vandals, and I'm making money while I wait for my leases, and I can work out all the post-rehab kinks with plumbing, electrical, etc. 

If you happen to make it on easy street then that should be taken as a side benefit of having everything work out just right, but I always say be flexible and allow for market fluxtuations and Murphy's law, andnever overextend yourelf especially when things appear to all be going your way becauese as I have said that can be short lived. 

Sorry it didn't work out and I lost your $100K, but it's all good, I'll send you a nice holiday card at the end of the year."4. 

.- I'm interested in investing in a local franchise and being very hands on so as to hone skills,  network etc (S, B quadrants)- I initially let youtube pick the order of the BP podcasts for me so I quickly stumbled into the Grant Cardone session.

I know I can let it go but before doing that, want to see if there is a way to make something happen that may work out for me and the seller. 

Is that something we work out with them ahead of time?

This will more often work out in your favor rather than going all out on yard work which potential buyers may not realy like or value as much as you might think or hope.

Plus it allows you clean break points if things don't work out....

Especially as we go into a winter session where sales start to slow down and purchase prices decrease.

Homes near by have an ARV of around 80k, and all the numbers work out as long as rehab costs are around the 20k range.