That year we had some very heavy, heavy rains so I drove to the neighborhoods to see what was up.

Hi,From what I read... most are pretty hardy and can take normal hail but, they can be damaged from heavy, large size hail.

Very competitive but strong rents and appreciation. 

That being said, the appetite for multi-units is still very high and will remain competitive especially because inventory is so low. 

Upwork.com is the heavy hitter.just offer whatever skills and experience you have.

Obviously I wouldnt say exactly that but that is the kind of info you can gather that other agents are too lazy to get which gives you a great advantage over your competition 

Especially if the broker is your competition.

NY properties typically return a lower than average NOI but are very appreciation heavy so that makes it worth keeping.If appreciation isn't on the table right now then it's probably time to sell and move it to a property that either provides greater appreciation opportunity or much higher NOI.

We then subtract $40k for reno (because it will more than likely run on the high end of your estimate), bringing us to $57.5k, which is below the initial offer they received from a realtor and since you don't want to work your butt off for $5k, you ultimately need to offer them less than every other offer they've already turned down.Long story short, really focus in on your estimates throughout the equation and prepare to move on when you can't make a competitive offer. 

If you don't do that, you are constantly going to be looking for that mythical "deal" Indianapolis is a very competitive market so I wouldn't be counting on big home runs.