There are a million ways to strike a deal!

Invite them for coffee or lunch, see if you strike up a relationship.

Under that 75 unit mark you could get lucky striking a deal with a seller directly as they could be more of a mom and pop but haven't seen that really over 75-100 units. 

Like Nick said though, Tampa Bay is located in a unique spot geographically for direct strikes.

With multi family your main option is FHA, and would (generally in Sacramento's competitive market) a BIG strike against you when offering on multi family properties when competing against conventional lending and cash.Don't forget about saving for closing costs, cost of the loan.  

One buyer/borrower is working with her prior realtor, who I don't know, and she had been striking out on offer after offer using a weak letter from her realtor's  "preferred" lenderrrrrr that was written for $470,000, a round number on the preapproval letter?....

Similar I would think.We haven't caught up with technology in our legal system, but seems we are getting there, thinking about the bullying laws, rumors or misinformation and slander, where those that incite or are abusive are ending up taking responsibility for their actions.We will see what happens today or if they are tired of shouting over there.It was reported that they have 4 in custody in Lybia responsible for the attack and more to come.And as mentioned above, the movie may have been used as an opportunity to blame an already planned attack which is more likely related to the killing of an Al-quida leader in a drone strike.

 That makes sense, so an issue to be concerned with would be the owner deciding they no longer wanted to sell the property after we had put time and materials into the renovation.I'm expecting the consensus to be that this is a really bad idea, and I'm kind of a three strikes and you're out sort of guy, so appreciate all three of your responses and the quick feedback.

And if the opportunity strikes, be ready to act.

I wouldn't bet on city council to strike the ordinance because it was passed 10-0 the first time and 10-1 for the amendment.The new proposed amendment by  State Rep.