Often a high cash flowing portfolio doesn't appreciate well (cheap properties in low appreciation areas).

For an example of what I'm talking about, this guy has some great videos showing him making actual phone calls to real motivated sellers: The tutorials, books and podcast are amazing, and if you guys have already done these kind of videos/blogs let me know... but I think videos/blogs chronicling every detail of real deals as they're in progress from start to finish that you guys are working on would be extremely educational.It would be so awesome to watch a series of videos/podcasts or a series of articles/blogs where Josh or Brandon are detailing every step of the process in a deal that they're currently working on.

But I'm also wondering if it makes it easier for the seller to say no to our offer, especially since we are making low offers.

High quality tenants vs low quality tenants and how much you value your time or how much you dislike dealing with the tenants are big factors in when you decide to hire a property manager.

If they have not done many the odds of success are low as they will likely make critical mistakes during the process.

It's extremely unlikely another agent would have any idea what you're offering and trying to explain that to their client and negotiate on their behalf would be a nightmare.

Does anyone local have a rough price per sqft to assume for average construction with low end finishes?

With interest rates at record lows, they may want to hold on to a higher rate note, but you won't know until you ask.

There are a lot of people jammed into this house and that basically keeps my rent very low.

Sellers do not want to go through the time, effort and exposure, or tie up their property, in a transaction that has no chance to close.There are those extremely rare cases, that become real estate legend, in which a buyer with little capital, and no borrowing capacity, is successful in convincing a seller of a large, expensive property to take him seriously and is able to perform a high wire act of raising capital from a variety of unconventional sources and actually complete the purchase.