Heknows the market extremely well/always a top agent in his area. 

I was lucky to have a renaissance man for a grandfather and an extremely hardworking father as role models so that helped.

Your case with such a steep loss is pretty extreme in such a short amount of time, but still, I wonder if you bought this property for long-term hold or not?

Take every word EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY!

It is an EXTREMELY high risk investment in an investment promoter.

it is extremely hard to find good deals in my market. side question: given that this is a big 3-unit apartment building in a HCL area, how much should i set aside for repairs, maintenance, and capex every month/year?

I am extremely new in this field, but I have a partner who has been pushing me extremely hard to go all in with him investing in a rental property in a retirement community.

Buy and hold in one of the A class areas in Baltimore, if you are going to do Baltimore, it’s the only part of the city that has growing population, and rehabs are extremely tough right now especially with no experience, I’m doing one right now on the eastern shore, basically cosmetic, was built in 1994, systems, plumbing etc in good shape, labor is even less than Baltimore, gc-ing myself, still running me 70k, materials are insane right 3bd 1ba, mid tier Lowe’s stuff (I’m even putting in a shower insert, no title) is running over 30k.

Buyer's agents have a fiduciary duty to their client the buyer and the good ones take this duty extremely seriously.

. - so I guess I need to estimate what those would be - he is in his 70s and has uncles and aunts that lived until late 90s and one until 102 when no one did) and a comfortable retirement (he is extremely frugal so that's not an issue).