We even followed the listing broker's price guidance where it made sense, even came close (within $100K on a $22 million property) but it seems sellers have been unrealistic and in some cases want more than when they initially list the property.Brokers call something "off market" when all it means is that they have not blasted it to everyone they know.

I live in Southern California and for my particular situation I know I will be investing in out of state rental properties in the Midwest, because lets face it the buy and hold strategy is pretty unrealistic for my local area.

It sounds like you are asking agents to make unrealistic offers. 

Fun to watch but totally unrealistic.

I don't want to go cheap with the renovations but if I can budget 35-45k in total renovations instead of 70k that will be ideal.Is the renovation numbers I'm budgeting for unrealistic for the type of job?

Unrealistic estimates and expectations

This just happened recently and it's a shame because a) there are unbelievable deals over there and b) the investor purchases are a completely unrealistic way to benchmark comps.

Many times people choose radio advertising with unrealistic expectations.

Like others have posted in here, it is possible to get 85-90% financing, but at what point is the loan amount unrealistic?

It seems unrealistic to think we could even flip it for 30 grand if this guy's willing to let it go for 18k.