Even though I'm a novice at REI, I actually know a bit about this particular topic thanks to my mom who is a buy and hold investor.For each of the residential properties that she owns, she writes up her own lease and lists each and every detail regarding rent, pet policies, furnishing policies, decorating and appliances, etc.

You could go into any middle class family home and expect to see the same decor over and over, especially within communities.

Signed binding escrow instructions without a PA is NOT unique to CA.

I made a soft/rough offer and feeling nervous about it and wanted to see if anyone had any insight.It was difficult to pull comps because of the uniqueness of the property but the closest I could find were 3 properties that sold in the last month and were all 6-families that sold for roughly $600k all of which had 3br/3br/2br type setup.The subject property has 5 two bedrooms, 2 studio's and the commercial unit.

Very unique.

That doesn't mean I know everything because working for a home builder is more scheduling than anything else but I do know my way around a home so I want to use those skills however I can.Here's my somewhat unique situation.

Beyond that investors want a specific yield more than a specific amount to disclount.Back to your CFD, there are uniques issues with a CFD as Marc mentioned.

I can also get free rocks to lay in the yards, which is a common decoration in my city.

I have a property worth ~$30k that my aunt is willing to give to me for later payment. I can't get anyone to buy it outright, but they can put a few thousand down and pay me monthly rent. How will that work with taxes...

Just think about how to be unique when you are executing a strategy that MANY others are doing with almost the exact same message....