:Ultimately, the owner decided that "if someone is just going to come in and flip this property, I may as well just do it myself."

@Maya McEachernThere are many contracts floating around out there.

My long term strategy is to have portfolio of multifamily rentals so I'm thinking I may as well start now vs. continuing to rent since I'll have more than enough to cover closing costs and still have cash on hand.

You will probably being paying rent somewhere, it may as well be to yourself.I'd look 3 years down the road as well.

Understand where people are coming from and do everything you can to help them but at the end of the day, if you dont contract a home at the right price, they you won't be able to sell or make a profit (or may a good profit) in the end.It's better to be real with sellers and let them know just what's going on in their area.

If you are finding everything and getting nothing in return, you may as well go straight to the lister.

You may as well get her to sign something if she's willing, but you should be good to go.

It's also possible that the current tenant may may a lot of negative comments about the house during the showings, if they are present.

I figured that I may as well just live with this issue, as it would only likely skew the numbers by a little bit.On the other hand, I don't want to leave an opportunity on the table to get accurate results, if I can get around this issue.Before I decide to just live with this, I thought I'd run it by you guys to see what you thought.

You may as well us the experience found here to your greatest benefit.