Others will disagree and that's fine too.Also, the above only looks at pretax returns.

Examine several investing opportunities while taking your interests, risk tolerance, and available funds into account.

Examine your current mortgage, spending, savings, and extra money for investments or a down payment to determine your current financial status.Explore the local market by conducting market research and examining demographics, economic trends, rental and vacancy rates, and property pricing.

I get that..... but I disagree that you can't learn to sell houses without buying one yourself.

Pay him $275/hr to examine the contract fine print and tell the bank that a contract violation like this is definitely not legal.d.

Examine the property's state, rental revenue, and cash flow while taking location, condition, rental prices, and future appreciation potential into account.Assist your real estate agent in negotiating the conditions of the acquisition and submitting an offer.

We can absolutely agree to disagree on certain aspects of the business because end of the day, there are many ways to create value and help others achieve there goals.I actually create a post in the technology section called AI in Real Estate - What's Hype?

And, yes, a 50% discount would be suspicious but I've never seen any and I don't think we'll see any in the current market.Sebastian, I could follow your reasoning that a 10%+ discount is suspicious if you're thinking is along the lines of "nobody is offering more than 10% so it's not in the developer's interest to offer more so, if they do, there must be something fishy".Apart from that, I strongly disagree.

After examining the analysis I had done on his offer and then taking a look at my counters from the view point of a buyer he realized that what he was asking for it was a waste of time and if he were to put it on the market and try to sell it to a stranger nobody would want it with his numbers through seller finance. 

I wont disagree but you may find that PMI is worth it to get into a specific deal potentially.