I have a feeling she would be motivated to sell but hasn't listed the property because she lives in the basement unit and is also an immigrant with poor communication skills and elderly.Do you have tips for making an offer or securing this deal?

Watching those prices is essential, as wells will be capped if they cannot sustain profitability, losing jobs and inward immigration patterns.

By bright future, I mean 1) Population growth2) Vibrant tech community and tech jobs3) Sustainable Job growth and entrepreneurial soil.4) Great year-round weather, mild winters & an excellent lifestyle.5) Low business, sales, and property taxes6) International city7) Immigration gateway city, melting pot of all cultures8) No history of natural disasterAtlanta possesses all 8, and is known as the NY or the LA of the South. 

Some are immigrants, their families own a property, they are looking for others but don't have the wherewithall to do research, comps, etc.2) Focused on managing their current portfolio and do not have the time to find the properties.Even if they could find the same property on their own I supply them with:CompsPhotosRepair Estimates (if available)And all of the finds aren't available on MLS and are also at least 70% ARV, so they are getting great stuff IMO.

We no longer are getting in the immigrants who were having the large families.

UCLA noted south of border immigrants for LA has slowed to an insignificant trickle.

One can argue that the wealthy Chinese will continue to buy and bid up prices in the OC to unsustainable levels, but in a deflationary environment, immigration slows down significantly.

Like the immigrants that buy a 7-11 and have to work it 14 hours a day to clear $30k a year.

Assuming 2-2.5 million immigrants per year if we have something as small as a 1% population growth that’s another 3 million.

Record immigration is coming to Ontario in the coming years.