It's also really important to know the maintenance status of the building.

It provides 'status', luxury, location, great schools, prep schools/academies.

While searching for the tax optimizing strategy, the real estate professional status seems attractive.

Let the old owner be co host to keep the reviews and status.

The FHA includes "familial status" as one of its seven protected classes, which refers to the presence of at least one child under 18 living in a household.

I just informed them of the condition and status of the unit.

You mostly covered everything in what you said above...motivation, status/condition of the property, if they have a tenant you need to get all those details. 

Once you know your area well, I should be able to describe a property (location, property type, unit mix, occupancy status and/or rents, condition, etc.) and without much research at all you should have an idea of the price at which it would be a deal to you.And in the interest of not completely dodging your question, in a lot of ways, I think Jersey City is the sexiest of the bunch because it has name recognition, a more developed downtown, and the best transportation options.

Another ploy has been using a spouse or family member to sell avoiding the Act, again, any scheme and who benefits, who is behind the door, marital interests, commingled funds, you are behind the door.6.

Not sure what his current financing status is but he's refinancing into a 12-month bridge loan at about 14% which is scheduled to close soon.