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Purchase price: $82,000 Cash invested: $1,000 Sale price: $132,000 Off market (direct mail) purchase then Wholetail

Purchase price: $525,000 Sale price: $575,000 Stevens Pass Wholetail #2 - off market pickup (wholesaler) then close & wholetail

For the record, we are very comfortable with our local market in Pittsburgh PA so for the time being we will be sticking to loans in the region.Thoughts? 

Love Monmouth County - we manage properties in this area, it's a very strong market.

In my case, a home I am looking for is above market rate, and their justification is that is should be valued like a commercial property with past revenue and net accounted for. 

Personally, I wouldn't totally disagree, but it is very much in the eyes of the beholder what "nice place to live" means.Based on your post, I would assume you are getting requests because you are a new landlord (maybe the old one was not a kind person, so tenants chose not to make any requests) and that you are asking them to pay more rent for a unit that is likely in worse condition than when they moved in.So now, you can either tell them no, or you can accommodate and potentially open up pandoras box of setting expectations that you will cater to all requests all the time, or as noted, you can remove yourself from the equation and hire a PM to handle the requests.  

What are the closest markets where it is still legal?

But with the ability for sponsors to buydown floating rate caps for the next 3 yrs, it is up to you if you believe their marketing.  

Look at their marketing strategy.