My friends who own condos in NYC live in rougher areas, farther out, less ideal nearby.- One final anecdote.

Ideally, I want to put as little down as possible.Can I get the 65% LTV conventional loan and perhaps ask the seller for 35% seller financing?

For me, I'm NOT a handy man by any means, so buying and flipping wouldn't be ideal for me.

Ideally, we would move out and keep it as a long term hold rental indefinitely.

Ideally, you just want to be the individual that connects the dots for other individuals. 

I'm an investor friendly realtor based in Sarasota, and I deal exclusively with investors that are buy/flip, or buy/lease.

Ideally I would like to find something near Tokyo, but I know it'll be hard to find something that'll cash flow.

The ceilings are the old popcorn..so I've tried to preserve what's there and get rid of the older stuff and blend in over time...would be ideal to take all down with no tenant.

Ideally I would like to rent this unit, as the original purchase price compared to the market today is still much lower than what I originally paid.

@Jenet Christiansen  well then if what your saying  is true we will go back to the 70s 80s and 90s were if you wanted to be in real estate and make money with limited funds you became an agent.. the honeymoon period is over.and most the folks that think they are going to get on BP and find deals an do RE are just dreaming..