That's not a common nor natural leap of thought. 

. $300/monthGrass/snow - quoted by a local company at $274/month (1800 for snow for the year, 1500 for grass for the year) Insurance - $140/month (got a great rate not cheap insurance) The heat source and hot water is natural gas, New furnaces and water heaters installed in 2015. 

I completely understand where you’re saying wear and tear exists, but I think it’s probably unlikely that ANY landlord could expect the place to be in perfect shape when the tenant arrives and leaves, natural wear and tear is going to happen.

A mentor will probably COME NATURALLY at some point if you really focus on networking.

I personally think networking and building these relationships are the absolute best thing you could be doing, but it will take more time to naturally build. 

From what I understand (and maybe it's wrong) it can be argued that due to unsecure nature of email that what you printed out is fake or that it was never "received" even though it was sent.

I guess my natural follow-up is how you know what the market price is.

There is no natural gas in the town. 

This one is easier as there's natural gas lines and I can just convert it over but still pricey ($5-7k)The seller doesn't have the funds to make the repairs so I'm trying to find a way to make this deal happenWithout getting bids, I'm estimating about $15-20k for rehabbing these items (FEEL FREE TO TELL ME I'M WAY OUT TO LUNCH)....this is on top of the $5-8k I budgeted to put into the interior.I'm not a flipper and was looking at this as a buy and hold cash flowing property.Looking where to go with this one:A) Reduce offer by $15-20k to $155k- Cons: I'm going to have to find a loan as I need my capital for other purchases in the hopperB) Reduce to $160k and get $5k in closing help- Cons: I'm still going to be out of pocket but b/n closing help and reduced downpayment would be able to get most of the work done and just put the rest on a credit card and use the cash flow to pay it down over the next 12 months.C) WalkD) Other options???

Plus a lot of the small operations leave a lot to be desired when it comes to the bank's tech and things of that nature.