He said it's standard practice that they don't want agents there.

We came in low with our offer, but were willing to skip the inspection (which had already been completed before we offered) and stipulated that we would close in 20 days, which was super valuable to the seller.

Offering a clean and beautiful home to some lucky renters.

I waited a few days and raised my offer to $255,000 and they accepted. 

Thinking of offering seller financing deal to him.

So they are good paying retail.. we had 5 to 7 offers on each project .

What other information would an investor want to see before making an offer on this?

With high home prices, rising mortgage rates, and intense market competition, securing a property has become increasingly difficult.A recent survey found that over 60% of real estate agents reported instances where Gen Z buyers lost out on homes due to delayed decision-making, missed appointments, or hesitation in making offers.

I even offered to let the seller out of the deal, multiple times, but he wanted to press on and just get it done.

For those interested, a combination of mortgages with no “due on sale” clause, mortgage companies loose due diligence, and title insurers willingness to “turn a blind eye” to practices that wouldn’t pass scrutiny now, resulted in tactics like the “second mortgage crank” which not only allowed investors to purchase properties with no money out of pocket but allowed investors to actually walk away from closing with “cash in their pocket”.