The more cash on hand the more options.

Also Cocktails and Real Estate at Patriots place.BP does have a local meetup section which usually has good local options.

Creative financing options like seller financing or assuming a low-interest FHA loan can also help you secure better terms.

Out of all of those real estate strategies, for me, the best strategy has been single-family homes that I sell on lease options.

I've tried a couple - truepeoplesearch, white-ages, property radar, leadsherpa, batch leads...Some services are better than others, but it is a numbers game and you also can cross check between different platforms.

Being a NYC resident (originally from Long Island), the price of entry in the area is on the higher end, so I've been considering some options in the NY Capitol region, as well as NJ and CT.

They are a platform that has no identity and doesn't really know what they are doing or who they are serving.

Isaiah, I would suggest starting out with doing some research on some of the available platforms like AirDNA.

Talk to the seller, but options are to cancel the sale (and risk losing your deposit), renegotiate to lower the price to allow you to fix the problems or ask them to fix it. 

I am slowly going crazy with how expensive Massachusetts is and I am leaning towards looking at cheaper foreclosure properties.I understand there is some risk to this but I am beginning to think this is the only option I will have because of how fast the market is growing.Thank you for any insight you may have!