The property is about 3 hours from where I work, but the cash flow opportunity seems very enticing.

I'd like to figure out something that works in my favor but at the same time looks enticing for the seller.

By the way, you will notice that the bid increments go up to $7500, but as the time runs out, they entice you with lower and lower bid increments, to the point where they are only asking for 1k or $500 more as the next bid.  

In that case you'll most likely have to pay the transportation/set up costs to entice them, which will run you at least $20k.

Price point is enticing vs. other companies like Malarky, GAP... 

So in order to compete you need to bid higher than the others, by an amount that is able to entice the seller to take your offer.

Sounds enticing right?

If the building is in solid shape, I cannot imagine this being an enticing deal for an investor but I guess that would come down to the size of the units and potential rents.

You need something to entice people to put Millions (yes Millions) of dollars down for you to do this project, and that is them having faith in you, the one with no experience.... so how would you do that?

The only reason to work without an agent as a buyer is to entice the seller's agent to take your offer... since they will earn the full commish!