A motivated seller could say anything to close.

Last August a decent pre-foreclosure opportunity came available on the MLS and my agent took us to see the home and submitted two offers below asking that were too low for the seller at the time.Apparently the seller was able to avoid foreclosure and the home delisted after it didn’t sale.

Creative financing options like seller financing or assuming a low-interest FHA loan can also help you secure better terms.

Builders in my area have told me that's generally what you can swing.

This opportunity came through our direct-to-seller marketing efforts.

The seller really put a ton of work into making this property look amazing!

Even if the rental has a decent cash flow with additional flood insurance, we're still not sure we want to take on that risk as we are out-of-state investors (planning to move back to KY in the future, but not now) and we don't like that it will potentially bring down the perceived value when we try to sell it in the future.The seller has never lived there and has not provided any information on if it has flooded before or not. 

This is what allows you to do deals without physically going to meet with a seller.

I initially offered $200K in cash, but the seller countered at $240K.

I feel like the seller would wait and I could just buy it in cash since I do plan to refinance it anyway and pull out the equity once I’ve done some repairs/upgrades.