Having grown up in my family's 3-unit flat in SF, I feel these are some of the best investments.As mentioned, my goal is to net $2,500/month and be able to work part-time in real estate so I can quit my 2 jobs.

Instead of quitting flat out, find some other job that you're passionate about, work there until you have enough experience flipping/wholesaling/etc...

As Bill points out, the Seller of the asset seems to be trying to focus on the wrong thing and missing the picture altogether.

That one listing shouldn't skew the average (and if the seller is that far off and won't budge, an agent probably shouldn't take the listing, though that's another topic altogether).

if it is valued at the 4-5k as you say, according to the provided info, i would offer the 4k. no reason to pay more than it is worth. i think he is playing jabs with you. with the flat info provided, i would take this as a learning experience and move to the next deal. just sounds very fishy to me.

If you aren't getting any bites, move your boat to a different part of the lake.Some people have gone so far as to to move to a different lake altogether!

Then they leave Real Estate altogether.

If they see the house in real and they like it ..they want to place an offer on it …..the listing might be a discounted $350 flat rate with 1% payable to selling agent.

., which I flat out rejected....and then later after they didn't get anywhere with that was trying to convince me that I should accept the paperwork she sent me instead of the two years tax returns I ask for those self-employed (and incidentally she couldn't even show proof of enough income with what she did send), and even though I said this request was our written procedure, she accused me of discrimination.

On my commercial notes the reup fee is a flat $500.