My goal is simply to get out and meet investors and practice marketing strategies and get a foot in the door to the real estate game.

It was also damaged by Sandy, although the seller says it had less than 1 foot of water.

A 1600 square foot house in that area of town no less.

I'd suggest he not buy in say, Blue Eye, Mo. or in places where it is difficult to reach out and touch em, I don't see major metropolitian areas being a problem as it's easy to get the door knockers and foot soldiers.

Also, I believe that they crossed the property boundary when they erected this fence/retaining wall behind out house (we intentionally built a foot in from our 'staked' property line when we erected our fence on the back prop line.

Especially for me when it snows constantly, and you need the foot and tire tracks!

I'm sticking to my original offer which I found fair considering the work that needs to be done and since the listing agent didn't 'reject' it.Am I shooting myself in the foot?

Say a 1500 square foot home in Texas.

Still under $50 per foot...

David's numbers of $55-65 a square foot are possible in an area with cheap labor and low beaurocracy.