I suspect because some are struggling with liquidity since  they are holding loans longer than anticipated because their borrowers are having difficulty refinancing off their books.  

And at the end of the day, using your example and disregarding percentages: if you could buy this all cash, instead of "maybe 20-30k" you would make $70-90k, based on your projected profit and anticipated financing costs.  

:) Its generally a good idea to know the condition of a property or level of expected repairs so you can anticipate those repairs and build them into your bid for the property.

The tenant is going from annual to month to month as of November 1st possibly anticipating it anyway.Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Listen to an old episode of the BP main podcast with Dion McNeely.

I do like real estate, I have a great eye for design, but would hate to have to evict someone—that would be my worst nightmare, so I’m not sure I’m cut out for being a landlord (although I would fully anticipate having a property manager)Is option #3 a far inferior option compared to keeping our expensive house in expensive city as a rental and only having to deal with one property that gives us great appreciation in 10 years ?

I can SPEAK with someone on the other end (like a vendor) with sound - but this live interaction is NOT ABLE TO BE RECORDED. 

It’s a monthly interactive session.

Investors might not but landlords interacting with tenants and sometimes with the neiborhood of the tenants....it might get heated quickly.I'm glad I never had to point a gun to anyone but I do have it in my car and my house.

Hello everyone,I'm exploring the idea of integrating an AI chatbot into my real estate business to enhance client interactions and streamline processes.

InvestorShort Term Rental HostMid Term Rental HostReal Estate AgentFix & FlipsNew ConstructionThe majority of my focus is south of Lexington in anticipation of a large mega site coming to the area.