Obviously I have little information to go on but my gut suspects they are game players and they think once they are in the house they will be able to leverage the problems and live there free for a long time.

It’s a long term game. Play

The game played from Far Rockaway to College Point, from LIC to Douglaston is pretty much the same:  anticipating appreciation.Sometimes you can 'force' some appreciation by fixing up some units, but the rents WILL NOT cover your expenses.  

No bargaining, game playing, or other nonsense, just "I'll take it".

There's so many game players out there that don't close that I really try to set myself apart from them.

Im not your average stoned video-game playing dropout - I am a huge believer in education.

You know and start to pick up on the "GAME" Players, "TIME" wasters and my favorites....the "WANNABEES."

I'm a cash game player, and of course I play tourneys.

Those who have been in the game, played their cards right, & weathered the storm are going to put their collective feet on the gas and do everything they can to get filthy.

They are usually done by a block method using square feet, they don't have time to look at each property so if you bet on that value, you'll be wrong, it's apples and oranges.If you don't know what value is based on and the 3 approaches used, you're not even in real estate, you might be playing some guru game playing house like a 5 year old girl, just trying to play with bigger houses.