Looking forward to hearing what your market has to offer. 

Let's of NYC investors look at other cities in NY, Rochester, Buffalo, etc... they can drive to them to see them, and they know the state well enough to feel comfortable.Most of the rust belt cities in NY offer cash flow as well. 

This will give you clarity on the numbers and help you determine how to structure an offer that works for both sides.

One property I eventually bought listed at 400K, but wasn't worth that much in it's current condition I offered 300K and it sat for 2 months before they sold it to me.

I assumed this would be the case because the rest of what California has to offer kind of sucks.

Wondering if you offer Netflix (or any other streaming service) for free or do you just have it available to the renter?

Too many flakes and dream merchants (using my material to teach while stealing your wallet and offering to help you look for it!).

great advice provided - what I will add to this is if you have smokers and its not allowed I would offer to allow them out of the lease with no penalty. 

They tested the appliances thoroughly and offered a one-year guarantee.

If you really want to get rid of them, sweeten the pot by offering to return their deposit after you verify the unit is empty with no damages.