You have made available to me the instant no-hassle help we sometimes need in a pinch. 

The home will offer instant equity but with some updates which it needs will almost double the current equity which I could use towards future investments. 

I suggest you sppriach them with respect and try to be helpful and keep your hands off your wallet because that us a sign that you are dishonest and you'll lose trust instantly.

At BP, you will instantly find great resources and free educational guides and courses!

Doing the following will separate you from most wholesalers and give you instant credibility. 1) Don't oversell your property it only makes one looks like a huckster.  

Any wild event in their life like a divorce, death, money trouble, etc, could cause those years of relationship to instantly vanish along with my and my client's money, and so many times there is no recourse even if I were to sue and win.

Based on experience being in various tax assessment discovery failures by title companies, I have been able to exercise my title insurance on several occasions and has worked well, not instant but it worked.

I always like the idea of buying a property that is poorly managed (which it sounds like this may be) and looking for value plays to increase the value and create instant equity... for the occupied units, how does the rent roll compare to market values?

Any buyer that sees FSBO instantly thinks they are going to get the property for a discount.

Hi Shawn,Feel free to contact me.You can instant message me in BP colleague request or can e-mail me or call me with my contact info is shown below.They won't let it be put in the actual post.You do not have to invest in the area where you are at to be successful.That being said you do have to have people you can trust to work with.I am not saying not to invest locally as that can work as well.It all depends on what you are talking about (houses,commercial,apartments,triple net).