Lease options can work as well.  

Also, there are some great CT RE investor Facebook groups you can join as well!

Well....

This means you’ll need to track the time of others and also can’t have a property manager as well. 3.

"Inflation expectations" is a purely rational and logical way to look at it, but let's consider that bond market buyers/sellers aren't 100% comprised of Vulcans, and that there are highly emotional and irrational individuals among them, as well. 

Other areas to check would be local real estate meetups (check BP Events & Meetups, Eventbrite, Meetup.com) and local DC Facebook groups as well.

Is the higher price agent inflating to get the listing or is the lower price agent just not keyed in well enough in the specific neighborhood?

However if you have enough reserves, 6mo or greater then I'd say chance it but a couple of missed payments from the tenants and you have to foot the payments out of your own pocket.I'm all for taking risks but I think you really need to evaluate the age of the major systems so you don't get hit with a bunch of cap ex all at once as well as your reserves. 

A well written management contract should clearly spell out what is expected of both the PMC and the owner, to PROTECT both and avoid misunderstandings.

This is such and awesome deal..very well done