My thing is, I would like to somehow negotiate these down to lets say under $100.

That is my thing too I do a ton of the we buy houses marketing and I don't know but in my market I am thinking since it is such a hot market for MLS deals under 120k with cash buyers flooding are market to do deals.

I have a problem with his lack of respect for Realtors. my thing isIf your writing offers that your "embarressed of" you should have your own license so you are not wasting other people's time.

I never would have bought a home there, not my thing.

But there are a ton of neighborhoods just beyond that most New Yorkers are not even aware of.Here is a recent post that highlights this point.https://medium.com/re-form/nycs-housing-cost-myth-9dce6052c139

Gerber in The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It  (on Amazon http://amzn.to/1Bs4HEh) is one where you as the owner doesn't work in the business but on the business and they can't take extend periods away from the business and they nor the business not suffer financially.

Speculate all you want, predicting appreciation is a myth, no matter where you live!!!

Wholesaling isn't really my thing lol.  

Corporate rentals are a myth in my opinion. 

This is the exact way I have operated all of my rentals since the early 1990s with great success.The only remaining considerations are what deferred maintenance and repairs exist and need attention and what enhancements are you planning.