You want to make a thoughtful, intelligent, sophisticated offer backed by the research, comps and evidence supporting your price and ability to close.

You should certainly factor in what your sub-market can support when doing this up front calculus.Hope that helps!

Thank you for the support.

Service quality and attentiveness is all over the place, and the custodian I picked is not particularly supportive.

@Edward AgadjanianYour rental income is just not enough to support the purchase price.  

Meetup.com is where you can find multiple great RE investor meetups, several awesome ones, very positive, proactive & supportive community.

Kind of like a buddy who helps an alcoholic when he needs support.

It always helps to have good legal support on your team. 

Their phone support is always really good, so I recommend start there.

The suggestion has been made that there might be some involvement by the contractors employees, but there is no evidence to support this possibility.My insurance broker informs me that there is no coverage available for theft from a vacant property, only for the vandalism (broken windows, messed up carpets, etc).