How many hours (or days) do they spend running all over God's green earth to show houses to a buyer that can't make up their mind and then suddenly disappears and never purchases anything?

Or does the seller generally move on the the next buyer and the investor has to try to find another deal?

As a buyer, I'd almost always prefer the "touch up" or "just replace the plumbing with pex" treatment, especially if it's a pre-war home.My renters (single guys) care way more about things like the height of the shower head and how loud the ceiling fan is than what anything looks like.

If I were you, I may try and target a property that needs a significant amount of work, whether on the market for a long time or off-market where you can get a deal and don't need to be in competition with other buyers.

Here's why: Big red flag is that he wants a contract before he is willing to show a potential buyer the financials of the property.

We got the buyer reperforming and collected 8 months of payments plus a reinstatement fee of $2000.

What if seller-agent found the buyer?

If you're a prospective buyer of a multi-family unit, here's another tip you might find useful when you're kicking the tires on a prospective property.Don't just look at the currently occupancy, check the eviction filings for that property address (it is probably public record at the courthouse - depending on where you're located). 

It has some value, but the prospects of finding a buyer in that market are slim.As the title alludes, would leveraging this land and using the money to purchase local rentals be a profitable venture.

Family friend or not, the vast majority of agents only know what retail buyers want, they wouldn't know a good investment if it fell in their lap.