Maybe partner up with a local flipper on the renovation, split the profits after the sell and move on.

Is the Hanover market something that anyone knows much about regarding its future economic growth in relation to the rest of this central PA area.

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We just ran the new build comps for our market in Columbus Ohio and saw a pricing premium of more than 40% in the urban core for infill work.

Off market and the new the owner used an agent so I reached out to the agent and made an offer How did you finance this deal?

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I stopped buying because the market became too expensive and competitive in my area at the time. 

Part of my marketing can be determined by my database which has done much of the preliminary work for me through automation.In theory I know what I want to be able to do, but I am over my head technically on this one. 

Therefore, working with a single real estate agent doesn't make much sense as it will limit you to his/her very limited inventory and he/she might have as main objective to sell a property to you take advantage of your lack of knowledge of the market.

What makes something a "deal" today is not yester-markets.