You don't always have to incentivize a tenant with a discount to get the tenant to stay, nor keep rents stagnant, but it is good to be aware of the business impact with respect to cost too.

They can do this by getting information and the identities of the subto students and gurus so they can program software to catch these. 

if there's no major rehab, it usually means you can't buy it at a deep enough discount for a BRRRR to work. 

That was a substantial discount compared to my friends who were paying 2k+.

Unfortunately looking like this specific deal likely won't pan out; seller is definitely not motivated to offload quickly/discounted based on their replies.I found a realtor through BP who I'm now working with to find a property, so progress in the right direction!

But i heard that there's scammers who prey on new listing discounts to try to take advantage of new hosts.. is this something I should be concerned about?

., paint, flooring, or perhaps a kitchen or bathroom remodel), buying it at a decent discount, and putting down at least 25%.

Then just handle it yourself with some basic software(Stessa, e.g).

Use code TTP for a discount!

For example I would rather buy a property for a $100k discount that may have negative cash flow of $500/mo month for 3 years than pay market value for a property that cash flows $200/mo.