This is the highest level of negotiation we are talking about.

Agreed with Jon...The only way to be successful buying off the MLS is to be able to negotiate better than anyone else who sees the listing on the MLS and makes an offer.

He also said that, since I'm not the owner, I am not able to negotiate with the city.

Yeah that's the impression that I had, they seemed pretty inflexible, since they seemed non-negotiable on several points, so would I really want to work with them anyway?

In the last two year I have made as much money be negotiating with investors who overbid as I have with my own liens.

But yes, with a little negotiating, you can buy it for 100k.

I would be careful about doing this with a private seller, who is more likely to use the information to negotiate.

Yes, you may be able to negotiate the price down, but you can also consider what value you can add to the property- all tenants are on MtM?

It seems to me there is one extra person in the this equation....I would think if I'm paying for a lead that leads me to a deal I close, that lead should be with the actual seller and not another wholesaler if I'm doing all my own negotiations???

I have one rental and a second that is to be on the market very soon. i plan on managing them up until i feel the work load is more than my time is worth, but i do have a question for yall.from my understanding a "typical" contract with a management company would be 10% of monthly renth and 50% the month when they have to get a new tenant. besides negotiating the rate, have yall ever heard of them charging 10% of mothly rent, but you as the owner get new tenants. in this case you would not pay 50% of rent when you get a new tenant.this would not be to cut cost so much, but maybe the owner wants to control who is in the house, but not manage the other stuff throughout the year.thanks for any input.