I didn't work out to 97% occupancy. 

It takes one to occupy the place but if it does not work out it will take a long time to disengage a bad tenant.

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 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?

As we've been analyzing deals in Spokane, we're routinely coming up with low and negative cash-flow analysis.

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.

I’ve been analyzing my market for quite some time now and I was thinking it would be interesting if BP members shared their investment screening routine (i.e. not the criteria of analysis, but the platforms and strategies), more specifically: What is your day-to-day routine to screen your RE market in search of potential investments?