My plan was always to retire when my passive income reached at least half of my W2 salary.Real estate has done well for me, BUTI have continued to increase my W2 salary each year.So I'm actually going backwards with regards to my retirement goal.And that is OK...

Sounds pretty backwards. 

Hello Jay,it copies and paste a little backward.. but by my sending this in and subsequent meetings with the state of Oregon investigators its clear that assigning contracts with no intention to buy IE its your business model and advertising in ANY manner a property you don't own is simply illegal in this state.. 

Windows should come before siding as you'll be working backward otherwise. 

But I am not sure the deal is worth bending over backwards like that. 

The offer/Purchase price is derived by working backwards from the ARV.  

Work your number backwards and get a pre-approval to figure out what you can afford!

Set that number first and work backwards. 

There's definitely more than one path to go, I think the key is have a definite end in mind and map your way there backwards starting from the finish line.

Personally, I think many new investors go about negotiations backwards- offering low because of the condition of the property.