Originally posted by @Wayne Brooks:Just ask him what he wants, if he’s even interested in selling. he wants to let the property go. but he wants market value. but in reality I feel like im doing him a favor by paying taxes plus extra funds.

There's a Millionaire Real Estate Investor book, too.And create a database now -- whether it's index cards in a box, a free CRM, or a paid one, it will pay to have a database with systematic follow-up scheduled for you.My focus right now is systematizing my Met Database (and adding another 250 Mets this year), and systematically contacting a running list of 100 local FSBOs. 

Unfortunately, the part is no longer made by the manufacturer and I haven't been able to find an extra part "laying around" via the Internet. 

I don't know if that's in your price range but if you added a roommate in your unit and/or did Airbnb it could help reduce that number to something closer to $0.And really, if you found a deal at the 1% rule in our area you'd be looking pretty good. 

The developer in this case added value and didn't just hope for natural appreciation.

If a property is listed, from what I've seen, you can generally check on sites like Zillow or RedFin and see if they've added in the HOA fees.

Above that, I pay extra to my cleaner per set of sheets used over the base amount we have set, and charge extra for the guests over the base number. 

I'm pretty sure I lost a few friends during that time, because I was so focused on my paying off my debts that every extra dollar that I made or had, went to debt pay down. 

All extra contingency, inspection, credit from reno costs is applied to your principal loan amount (you don't get your $ back from Fannie Mae!).

What happens if/when the seller can't come up with the extra cash needed to payoff the underlying mortgage?