The market did that 8 years post recession aggressively, and it's only gotten tighter & harder now.Sure you can get "creative" and all that ****, but I wonder if people are kidding themselves when they mention about making $200/mo cash flow-- it's wiped out with their water heater needing to be replaced or just a tenant turn.

Usually I can come up with creative solutions for people's challenges, but there is just no way around this particular one.

i would get #s from a FEW as you're getting started, to see who knows their stuff. if ARV could be as low as 90k you'd pretty much have to get it for free. deals like this sometimes work creatively though. if they're open to seller financing. and you can wholesale creative deals. 

After I understood this type of creative finance I thought it was a no-brainer.

^^^Too much thinking about the best strategy, the best deal, the creative this, 10x that.

There are ways around it though like everything else, just need to get creative 😉

If cold calling were truly banned it would force some much more creative ideas. 

We carved out a niche: supporting creative businesses with everything from bookkeeping to closing deals.

However, there are creative ways to increase margins such as building ADUs ground up or converting garages into ADUs.

Appreciate some feedback.I had a tenant, ironically also in Gaithersburg (hope it’s not the same person because she was a pain in the *** lol) but she wanted a new carpet we paid half, she paid her half via us uppping the rent $50 over what it otherwise would have been, so that’s always a creative option, however I wouldn’t want gas at my property if I could avoid it, always a risk of a leak or worse so I’d probably lean towards saying no to this specific request.