When sellers accept this kind of discount, many times there are issues the seller just hopes will go away, or be missed.  

Huge tax breaks, near 0% vacancy loss, and a substantial discount on the cost of the property seem like good reasons. 

A few pointers:Do as many as you can before you have kids, because having small children will absolutely kill this strategy, bless their little hearts.You are smart to buy distressed property at a discount, then put some sweat equity in to fix it up.

If you are like me, I am always looking for a discount or a deal when it comes to buying things for our flips.  

There is a liquidity discount for cash now, happens all the time in finance.

I am currently working on purchasing a 3/1 Townhouse at a large discount with a investment loan with a 15 year fix.

I can got you a discount code if you want to try it.In the end, from a liability standpoint, it may be best not to try and estimate the repairs.

The firm I work for, we primarily get off-market properties so our investors tend to get them at deep discount.

You want to be a valuable source of information, not just a guy trying to buy her house at a discount.

Having an agreement to a house assessment is helpful but that is still far from agreeing on a discounted price and getting the property under contract.