But the risk to the seller on this deal is immense you have a guy tying up a property who has no ability to close it and then sell it to whoever will give him money and that person could be nefarious get into title rip rents could give 2 craps about the sellers credit etc etc..

I expressed my discontent with how they are managing the property and I was informed that my contract required me to pay for 1 year of PM fees to terminate (I should have read my contract more closely when I signed it at the beginning of March 2020)....

Appraiser will use data from whatever closely matches the subject.

If your paying cash to buy and rehab then refinancing I get that.. but your still paying for two closing costs.

Whoever gives me the most business and has an excellent close record will first be presented with off-market opportunities. 

I'm following it closely. 

The numbers tend to work better, and you’re still close enough to keep an eye on things.As for NYC itself, deals are definitely out there, but it’s tougher.

I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is close to zero.

Everything else; relationships, making connection, closing deals, and ultimately making money, is the result of concerted efforts.

It’s not even close (FT).