I'd recommend you get well-educated on how to analyze, acquire, finance, manage, and sell MF properties, and then look for deals which are aligned with your strategic objectives.  

Throughout the process I continue to use the third-party verification.After gathering all of the property information, I will explore their needs and motivators to determine why they called me in the first place, and enable them by aligning their needs and motivators with the benefits and features in doing business with me.

They did lower the licensing requirements about 6 months ago, which is frustrating because it didn't help me but I could have started a year later and still finished in the same amount of time.That being said, I think it's a career that may be the most ideal and powerful one to align with being an investor.

Since the managers co-own the properties, their interests are aligned with the investor.  

So you really need to clarify this when looking at comps; it's truly apples and oranges otherwise.The listing agent shared with you they had a financed offer at $255k, and a cash offer at $210k - both offers seem to be aligned with your value estimates...yet you're assuming their lying and considering raising your offer to $200k?

. ;) @Thomas Franklin While I do hope to acquire more multi-families in the near future to build that equity, I'll have to get a better lay of the land first; my goals might not align with what's realistically feasible.

High Demand: Modesto's proximity to major hospitals, including over 1,000 licensed patient beds, aligns perfectly with the soaring demand for healthcare jobs.

However things are very well aligned for continued appreciation in JAX for those who invest today.  

When this happens, make sure you look to the stars to make sure that Jupiter is aligned with Venus.

Best case scenario, they get you an awesome result in a timely period that aligns with your situation.2.