Most owners over value their property, and particularly if you are looking at off-market deals, that seller is not even motivated enough to list their property, so the chances of you getting a "deal" are very low.  3. 2-4 families don't trade on cap rate.4.

Normally, we don't make rent increases that soon as we want a chance to see how their payment record is.

Chances are you have someone with honor transparency and integrity on your hands and that is very rare.If the answer is no... well, if he lied to the homeowner, why would you think he would not lie to you?

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

That’ll create higher chances of your project finishing ahead of time and create better alignment with you and your general contractor.

THings have just been busy and I haven't had a chance to engage on the cost segregation conversation.  

The reason you want to hit the owner just before the sale is that by that point he lost any hope or chance of redeeming the house.

Think on that, a person has an 80%+ chance of there "pick" not just loosing, but possibly going to $0..... 

What you need to do is show what compelling argument makes taking this chance on you make sense. 

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