I think that as market participants we are likely to misjudge patterns, arrive at incorrect conclusions and place too much or too little weight on the most significant factors.

Completely anecdotal, I believe the single heaviest weighted metric you have to make your offer stand out is the offer price when buying on MLS.

I guess what I am trying to say is that as a landlord & property manager if a tenant were interested in doing that for one of our CT rentals, it wouldn't carry too much weight for me, personally.

That connection will have way more weighted value than a course being sold cross-country.  

Regardless of where you look there are deals, contractors and various other business relations worth their weight in gold.

If so, tell the appraiser to do his/her own verification about the fact this is a "fire-sale" The appraiser should have verified the Comp in the first place, but in any case, if the condition of the property and the fact it was a fire sale is correct, the appraiser SHOULD NOT have placed most weight on this property. 

AT END OF THE DAY, the risk vs reward is HEAVILY risk weighted for sellers in this environment where more then 75% have current rates of sub 4/5%.

I'm not advocating getting rid of Realtors because most of them are worth their weight in gold.

I'm looking to build wealth for the long term. being 22 I my big why is early retirement and being able to travel. my focus is definitely cash flow and any appreciation is icing on the cake. my first instinct Is Columbia md because it does have plenty of jobs with high population (and growing slightly, I think around +1% growth). the cool thing is the owner/renter ratio is 60/30 30% of the housing market being renters. it has great 5 out of 5 star schools and a vacancy rate of 3.9%. now those are pros in my eyes. some cons are the houses are old the average being built in 1979. they are also a little on the expensive side. a good deal to even consider would be 200k. also high hoa fees.Now is this an opportunity market, do the pros out weight the cons? 

It's pretty tolerable but I'm trying to gain weight and it's hard when I walk routes every day.