I must be able to purchase the property at a discounted price to enable me to force appreciation to allow me to recoup my total cash invested.4.  

It makes a huge difference to getting buyers in the door who would otherwise discount it as unfinished.

JC Penney gives you discounts for using their credit card.

You see, if you negotiate a package price, then you have nowhere to go when you’re done; but if you negotiate individual purchase prices, then you can always come back and ask for a discount if you take the entire package.Second, you need to know real values by using the comparable sales method and income methods to value the real estate.

You shouldn't discount your rent to subsidize her housing.

The seller will not discount.

They are typically more motivated to work harder to make my "discounted" offer work, if they are getting both sides of the commission. 

If you're looking at investing for retirement and that's 20 years down the road it's hard to discount long-term appreciation, rent growth, relatively mild weather, and proportionally lower property taxes.  

This data only includes the 19 small to mid size cities and towns I am interested having investments in.2016 Multi-Family Sales2 Unit Apartment Buildings in my Farm took a dive last year, would have been a good time to buy a 2 unit building but I opted for a 3 unit with better cash flow.59 (2)unit properties soldRed line is the sale price, Blue line is the list priceThe average sale price for the year was close to $65,000The average Discount from list price averaged $9,000Only 10 of the sold properties were purchased at list price or abovePrice per unit was a whopping average of $28,6543 Unit Apartment buildings in my Farm did a little better on price the building I purchased was the last 3 unit in December in 2016 at a 10% discount from the list price and about 11k below market rate at that time.13 (3)unit Buildings soldRed line is sales and the blue line is discount from list price.The average sale price for the year was close to $83,000The average discount from list price was $9,000Only 1 building was purchased at 5k above list priceThe average price per unit was $27,4872017 Multi-Family Sales2 Unit apartment buildings in my farm this year are not suffering as much of a hit to price this year although the average price has continued to drop but only slightly.62 (2)unit Buildings soldRed line is sales and the blue line is discount from list price.The average sale price so far is $58,000The average discount from list price so far is $7,1417 Buildings have sold above list priceThe average price per unit was $30,0003 Unit apartment buildings 201710 (3)unit Building soldRed line is sales and the blue line is discount from list price.The average sale price so far is $75,000The average discount from list price so far is $8,7231 building has sold at list priceThe average price per unit is $25,175SynopsisAlthough there are some minor fluctuations in the NEPA Multi-family market the next chart shows all Multi-Family sales year over year which shows the relative stability of the market.  

If i had to pick it would be under 2M$.Im looking to get properties at a discount to rehab and increase their value.Any other major details i should specify?