If it's priced well and meets your investor goals then buy it.If even with saving a commission her break even point wouldn't be even close to your price then you need to walk away.Sellers have a cycle they must go through.She wants to sell right now but it's not painful YET.It has to get painful for her to make a decision.Right now she is in pray I find a sucker mode and unload this problem onto someone else.It has to get so bad she will do anything to get rid of it.That is when options come available.Good Luck

That would be my first step instead of just trying to unload the property.

Please move if needed.When getting ready to find properties, do you guys find it better to market in general (basically anyone that may have a home they want to unload can contact you) or is it better to target neighborhoods or zips?

I know a landlord who said that he will unload some units when the eviction moratorium ends, but I don't understand why. 

Do you have a source for containers, a yard to work on them and a way to unload them when they arrive?

When you've come to terms on the price, the seller is going to think they are that much closer to unloading which puts you in a better position to negotiate on the next stage: the terms.

The reason for the discount is that they are usually very distressed, and the banks are wanting to unload them.

My plan is also to write to the Estate settlement attorneys I know in the area and let them know I'm looking so that I may grab a property before it hits the market from some out of town devisees/heirs looking to unload.

I am worried about working on the house due to the fact that it was built in the 1930's and a some of the construction was literally done with logs ( yes actual logs) instead of lumber.

They unloaded their Risk position to the unsuspecting Public, who Buys this crap, again Worldwide, thinking that the Monthly Income is Safe until the next Trigger that causes, the Worldwide downturn in all the Economies.