I'd also like to get advice or perspective from those who have strategies to swing the odds in their favor, when negotiating a purchase.I'm a relatively small-time investor (currently 13 units). 

Between grade 4 and 12 most of my bad decisions including very bad things were from other kids in an attempt to gain favor.

Have you chosen your home state or the state you plan to invest in or another state with favorable corporate law (i.e Delaware)?

If they are not gone, go back to the sherrifs office and put a Writ of Possession in motion. 

1.15 sounds pretty reasonable to me, not sure if you will find anything more favorable and there is good chance after all your expenses like vanvancy etc you'll not be cash flowing at 1.15.

The judge will rescind your partnership agreement, give judgement if favor of your partner and you will pay every penny back plus court costs and damages.I've been involved with several syndicated partnerships where I was the limited partner and every partnership failed to produce the results projected.

Nothing gets more favorable terms like talking to a different bank. 

Only purchase a keypad, a transmitter and one or two motion detectors. 

It's not unusual, particularly if they're told they will be released soon.You can sign a contract electronically, by fax, in counterpart, etc while you are on vacation as long as it's included in the contract that signatures in that format are acceptable.You're trying to sell a co-op in a market that favors buyers, in what is historically one of the slowest times of the year, to a "rock solid" buyer that your broker procured.

The irony is that some realtors and brokers use those zestimates(and/or other inaccurate data) to inflate the "pro forma" calculations when it's in their clients favor, so always do your own comparable!