I made an all cash offer (low ball, but not insulting) since I walked through the property with my agent and contractor and it needs a lot of work (furnace x2, tons of outside work, water in basement, windows, flooring, copper plumbing, etc.) 

My biggest concerns are getting my numbers in a good ball park, filling out the contract correctly, using the correct contract & letting my seller understand that there's a finders fee since she'll be seeing it at closing.Thank you for your time!

Overall I didnt have any expectaions but just wanted to get the ball rolling and get used to talking to people about their home and try to refine my script while handling objections. 

If they aren't paying their rent their CO can get rent deducted from their pay automatically, it just takes talking to their unit to get the ball rolling.

@Joseph Ball That's a really good story.

@Joseph Ball, the taxing authority for property taxes in in MA and NH, and in fact most New England states, is the town. 

If I wasn't going to be living there, it wouldn't matter, but I'd rather not drastically reduce my quality of life for two years in order to kick start the investment ball rolling.I've put some thought into combining some of the principles of traditional investing with creative investing to remedy my situation and this is what i've come up with: I would likely be able to find a great deal in a good area (that I would actually want to live in) by applying the marketing techniques of wholesaling.

Also I give low ball offers all the time if they hit you make good money and if not you only wasted 1 min clicking the docu sign button.Good luck

Thanks Brandon im trying to get the ball rolling.

REOS are hot commodities on the MLS, low-balling is a thing of the past.