AZ you do not bid premiums.

I also would eventually like to link to some audio files of me talking to sellers (with important information edited out, of course), to get some feedback on how I can improve.

"I would be willing to pay a premium for a dining table that I know will look great"She was just asking and I volunteered to do some research for her.

People will pay a premium to avoid it.

The key here is the terms the government wants and if they will let you cherry pick or not.To have to buy out a whole group is a huge risk and you have to get for a premium paying cash.The governments value puts the properties on average at 129,000.That is a high value to me.The fact that the properties are occupied means nothing.They could not be paying anything or paying partial or be a squatter or one of these activist groups.Could take months and months to get these non payors out.Might be better to have the vacant units where you can turn faster.What happens if nobody bids those prices??

As an edit too, such deals are difficult to do legally now, with a mortgage originator for non-owner occupied homes doing seller financing.

If this is a wholesale flip, you should be holding it for hours or days, not a year, and your lender should be able to have you pay the insurance at closing and not for a year.We collect insurance premiums at closing all the time.

The older toilets work better so we just replace the guts inside.In fact people hate the new toilets so much you can find people paying a premium for the old ones on Ebay.

I'll check back for updates. edited to correct quote

In the county the premium for green homes is much higher $125psf to $186psf-- although this may be skewed by a small sample set of green homes.