The  lowest I could go may be break even, provided it will be short lived and I believe the appreciation will go through the roof.

I just read a Bloomberg headline that insurance costs off the roof and SWFL real estate experiencing a downturn.

He asked the right questions and I could tell he was serious, so I decided to team up with him, and we purchased this run down three flat, and gut renovated the bottom unit, while increasing the rent on the top two units.

Age of AC, Pipes, Roof, Appliances, etc.

1st of all corporations own less than 2% of single family homes, they have actually reduced thier share of buying recently, now investors continue to buy up properties, it’s just more mom & pop types, all that said the housing market is in an extremely strange place, I could make strong arguments for prices pulling back, reaccelarting, or being basically flat, the biggest thing I’d advise is looking at you payment, comparing that to what would pay in rent, figuring out how long you plan to be the house and making an decision based on that, generally in that under 400k price point, breakeven for buying a property seems to about 3-5 years if you plan to stay in the house longer than that, bite the bullet & buy, if not rent.  

They charged a flat fee of $35. 

Ranches have larger roofs so more water shedding from the roof during a rain.

Also had a roofing contractor lie about the state of the roof in hopes of getting a new one - when our own roofer said there was nothing wrong with it and the life span of a roof is a lot more than 10 years. 

The place needs a roof or whatever....4.

And fast.You are flat out being misled if you do not think there is any risk associated with investing in real estate.Like any investment, real estate can go up or down.