That said age of house, deferred maintenance and any other improvements you could not concede from the seller should be considered.

Maybe all they care about is the sale price but their net after other terms are conceded (such as closing costs) may not be as much of a focus for the organization.

I had it done in 25 days & we never lost any rent, in fact he also conceded his security deposit.

Are there things in my ideal place list that I will most likely have to concede?

If we concede to your statement that these gurus do not advocate not doing due diligence that doesn't mean the opposite is true where they advocate actually doing due diligence.  

I will concede there are some firms that may help you improve your score but not that much more than you could do yourself and the incremental improvement is not always worth the money spent.

Even if they only concede on those issues it's worth the conversation.

***I'll concede that if the property is a piece of junk and 30% of gross rentals are going to repairs than obviously the Cap Rate in a lot of instances is mis-stated.  

I would concede quickly to their reasonable request.

Account Closed Thanks so much for taking the time to respond, as someone who was a teacher for 10-years, I will concede that there is much more to a school with a 1/10 rating as you correctly pointed out.