If you purchased properties in Rust Belt cities like Kalamazoo & Cleveland, chances are, you will be stuck with those assets primarily due to a glut of inexpensive homes on the market, massive joblessness, and the economy is several years from recovery.Personally, I refuse to invest in Midwest (excluding Chicago)unless my strategy/technique was to buy and hold, long-term.Good luck on your future endeavors.

My end goal is to own multiple properties via the buy/hold technique.

I did employ that technique and their response matched their previous claim.

obviously, its better to use negotiating techniques and look for other deals but the owner is dead set on selling it for that price and will not sell until he gets that price.all hypothetical and im not looking into a property with this issue. im looking for below market value.thank you!

I love this business and I'm always trying to get different perspectives especially when it comes to valuation techniques in a HOT market. 

Most people get caught up on the HOW To's and the techniques, with real estate just like and any thing else, you need to learn from being rather than just wanting.

Free 2 hours seminar, persuaded to pay £1000 for the 3 day training, persuaded to pay £20k-£40k or you are missing out, manipulating with images, videos and personal-moving stories, storytelling and lots psychology techniques, pictures on the wall.Really shameful, asked to increase your credit limit on the very first day, before lunch (that can really hurts people rates for future), really clever strategy so then they can ask people to use that money to buy their courses.

While that would be a solid start if I was investing in other parts of the country, I live in Silicon Valley/Bay Area and the prices of any property are fairly steep so I am trying to learn techniques on investing with large financing/small upfront expenditures.If anyone knows of some solid techniques or advice, or even a great book/read/article on MFH investing ...

I know you investors out there dont ever plan on paying full price for a property...What are your techniques and strategies to knock down the purchase price?

I am constantly reading up on existing and new techniques and searching out new opportunities.Currently in a buy and hold mode, owning and managing many multifamily units and looking to grow my portfolio.