So trying the new age negotiating tactics might turn the seller off and cost you on this one.I recall several years ago an older gentleman calling me off of one of my bandit signs looking to sell his vacant lot to me for $45k.

Have called their 1 888# numerous times it is always busy,day or night, have now launched a fraud investigation be aware of DREW DOWNS LLC

will not bore you with the numerous court fillings and communications where we tried to explain common sense like "hey, remember when we TOLD you they were doing this, and we WANTED to evict and YOU wouldn't let us".

Same thing with pennies all over the place they are supposed to bring them in money for good luck.This is all a lot of these tenants hold onto too is fables and trying to win the lotto every week.One tenant I evicted like to tinker with old electronics.You would not believe how many junk tv's were in there we had to clean out.

To much disclosure. and yes, a first investment purchase at $300k in a declining market is a lot to bite off from the get go.

On the other hand - the city of Atlanta building dept. has done a LOT to cause development to progress in a meaningful manner.

Hitting the lotto sounds alot easier at this point.

We've closed numerous short sales with Bank of America as the short sale lender.

Cab companies use this type of LLC many times, where one LLC has numerous cabs and each cab is its own entity LLC for protection of the main LLC and the other cabs."

Not impossible, but I'd suspect they redid kitchens and baths, painted numerous times, replaced carpets and the like.