., but you have to bring SOMETHING to the table. ...regardless of what type of value you bring, it has to be sufficiently valuable for the mentor to benefit (and if the mentor is a highly experienced and successful RE investor, their time is extremely valuable, so they ain't gonna come cheap!). 

This means we will need to bring more money than expected to the table, which can be frustrating since this is a new issue we are having.

DO NOT spend more cash on this deal until the day you get to closing table.

And garage roof needs replaced as well.I will definitely go back on the negotiation table and try to get seller credit.

Almost always if you post in one of those groups you will get a bunch of similar hits with people who have actual knowledge of what that CPA brings to the table and their rates.

if you’ve ever been to NYC you’ve probably seen the hustlers with a table on the sidewalk where they have a small ball under a cup.  

You can do this by working at a mortgage company, title company, wholesaler company, real estate brokerage, OR if those things don’t seem practical you can do it vicariously by making friends with investors buying and selling multiple times a month, getting to know them, and eventually they might take you to the closing table, and to walk property when they buy.  

You'll find it to be a pretty unique city, and not just in terms of the buildings itself.

What you are experiencing is not unique.

Ran the numbers looks good but bit concerned about going and having separate metering installed, taking utilities off the table or increasing the rent significantly into the 975 area.