Normally, we would postpone the closing until the Seller can get the tenant out. 

Also, with so many people from the mainland moving over, higher prices are normal for a lot of tenants.

With that you have to give your state mandated notice which normally means - another 30 days of living there. 

It’s the government’s right to take private property for a public purpose, like widening the street, or building the Barclays center 😀.It’s a gamble to decide if the city will actually decide to use the land.They usually provide a “fair market value” and it’s inevitable with time that the property will get acquired.

It's been a busy few months working our normal 9-5's and then heading up to the cabin to work on the weekends.

Depending on your market, now might not be the best time to use them if its a hot market, you'd make more going through a normal realtor.

Dont use the same $20-$30-$40 x sqft that you would normally use for a 2500sqft house.

Second is that if you use an agent, you have a fair chance of getting the seller to cover their fee which for a deal like that is probably only half what a normal listing fee might be (perhaps 3% of the sale price).

However, you normally have to have some sort of business along with asset purchases during the year to do this.

I'm even seeing properties being offered by wholesalers that are taken from the MLS (pending status in the MLS)....Is this normal?