I drive by them daily.  

Your asking a very broad and complex question that a lot of smart (and not so smart) minds ponder daily.

Cost me a couple bucks but at least I won't think about it daily and let it ruin my sleep.Thanks for the replies! 

I want to assign work and go about my daily business.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookYou might consider calling daily the MLS expired listings great source of potential listing referrals and wholesale deals.Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10.

I deal with both sides on a daily basis and see good and bad in both.  

I have about 30k seed money available to me right now (not including money I have set aside for daily expenses) and would like to add another 30k in new credit card money.  

I also do not know the reason and am left to conjecture that it may be due to the effort to make a place comfortable and familiar or a need for certainty and routine in their daily living.  

I check in with them daily to try and keep on top of it, but I don't want to have to hold their hand all the way to the closing table.So here's the twist, someone that had seen the property a week prior, just called today and said they wanted the place.

There are a ton of investors in my area and more coming in from all over the world daily. 8% is the standard cap rate for the area.