He confronted (and still does confront, present tense) the hand he was dealt with dignity and a “no excuses” approach.

@Jake Baker Love the approach of measuring the total offers that you send, if you know your strategy most of the time it is a numbers game no matter the condition of the market. 

Your specific variable expense assumptions are wrong, BUT you stumbled into them being correct overall.Also, you are approaching this correctly - entering in the numbers to generate a purchase price that meets your metrics:)

Our negotiation approach focused on building rapport with the seller, allowing us to secure the property below market value.

I started with the Simple Start plan, but as I learn more about the software, I realize that to effectively classify income and expenses per unit, I need to use Classes and Locations, which are only available on the higher-tier plans.I’ve seen suggestions to use units as customers as a workaround, but I’m curious if anyone else has tried this approach or has recommendations for managing multiple units in QuickBooks with the Simple Start plan.Looking forward to your feedback!

Depends how you approach them and if you’re ready to pull the trigger when you find the right deal.

Hey Vic I am from CT and I had same issue with one of my tenants some time ago , he want's to save money any way possible so he was keeping his temps really low , I explain on few occasions to him that pipes are going to freeze and all that but he wouldn't listen , so I approach that problem from different angle , since I never had a problem with that tenant before and he was a good guy , always paid on time etc. , I didn't want it to loose that tenant so simply i helped him to get " energy assistance" this is a program to help people out if they can't afford heating bills , I don't know if it is in your state so you my want to check this out.

I agree with this approach!

Curious to hear any creative approaches that have worked in today's market.ARV and future value are speculative so when I am looking at property I am looking at it for longer term - does it fit within my strategy based on conservative estimates.

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff: There is the black and white approach where only $100mm and 4% body fat are acceptable.