Realtors are required to bring all offers so by all means feel free to make an offer. 

They will do the price shopping for you and find the based vendor based on your requirements. 

It also requires a small monthly payment, so once it's started we've got our impetus to meet at least once a month (lol).Speaking of which, I'd say it's nearing the time to propose another Yokohama area meet-up!

Check around, as they might also require a ton down.  

Would it require you to change your lifestyle? 

In fact, proposal #2 will require the home seller to go buy another home to live in (no tax credit for that, since it’s not their “first home.”)

I'll try to be helpful and concise here without being too long-winded...ESPP - Typically you buy this at a discount (Usually 15%) typically you get beneficial tax treatment on the discount and won't have to pay income tax on it as long as you hold it for their required holding period.

You may consider looking for seller's that will consider seller financing that may not require as large a downpayment. 

i.e. if you had a $190,000 hard money loan on House 1, you'd be able to get 80% LTV no problem with no seasoning requirements as rate-term refi

What's required of you from a business perspective is to assess the cost of correcting the problems versus the cash that the building will bring in.