We'd like to line this up in case an offer is accepted as we are located in Florida and will not be able to self-manage efficiently. 

I've managed to get a hold of two more engineers who are accepting new work and will hopefully get one out so I can pick their brain a bit.

In addition, sellers often prefer to accept offers from buyers who have already sold their property.brokerBroker has several meanings in different situations.

Of course, there is no guarantee the bank will accept the asking price....they will look at comps. 

We had our offer accepted on our first rental property and after looking up the current tenants, we've got a convicted, registered sexually violent predator against children in this triplex.

About how many of your offers are accepted?

It's not silly to accept that many of us, me included, have to risk security in order to grow.

@Michael PearseThanks for your response I fully anticipated needing to make 20 to 40 offers prior to an accepted one, but shocked how over the top these other investors were vs my offer.

Some people will even wait at contract acceptance to force you accepting even lower offer.  

I'm sure that I am competing out there with other buyers who do not calculate that expense line since they will self manage and can potentially offer more for the same value.Should I stay the course and just keep offering based off my actual numbers that I know will be true expenses with regards to PM cost and wait for the right property accept an offer?