The plus is that you should have someone in your corner and the fees will typically be paid by the seller, the downside I suppose would be that you could potentially strike a better deal if the seller doesn't have to worry about the fees for your representation - but this will likely be up to the sellers rep.

Holding it aloft, you will say the words of enchantment engraved along its rim and another bolt of lightning will come down and strike you.

He strikes me as the kind of guy who would want to be in the deal..

I suspect the tenants may be a little less problematic than in some big cities where there is militant talk of rent strikes?

I'm seeing "rent strike May 1st" spray painted all over here in Charleston, SC, which I'm hoping is unsuccessful. 

(Side note: all the apartments owned by them are currently holding a rent strike due to the pandemic, and other tenants have similar issues to ours).

@Farris GoseaRental income for RE investors are in danger of not being counted due to the forbearance surge and rent strikes happening.

That rate strikes me as at least 1% too low for the duplex at at least 1.5% too low for a commercial loan.These deals do merit looking into. 

Show them you are serious, have the funds and are ready to strike and are looking for an strategic relationship with a contractor to do all your projects and grow together.You can find contractors through realtors, other investors and looking at the MLS for flip houses that are for sale or sold and find out who did the work.

Amid record-breaking new unemployment claims, a movement to “cancel rent” is spreading across the country, Many renters are negotiating deals with landlords—or refusing to pay altogether, joining strikes that have already “popped up in Chicago and San Diego.”