@Daniel Krantz - you hit that one to the cheap seats.

This is where you will live super cheap and save up a large portion of your income for a few years to save up a down pmt on your next purchase which will need to be 20% if you don't live in it. 

Just like China.. anyone can do any real estate there.But as we know there Is a Robust real estate industry here that is licensed controlled etc.. with heavy emphasis on ethics'' and of course you have unethical realtors... you see that in the monthly bulletins with all the realtors getting reprimanded or losing their license.To me if you want to wholesale BUY THE HOME close on it then resell it.. its that simple.. trying to act like your not a REal estate broker and hide behind the quasi arguments that are touted on this site.. to me is just circumventing the industry and the law.there are brokers who specialize in cheap defunct properties as there is a lot of that inventory in all the hoods of America.

When I moved it I had electricity (which I barely used except to run appliances, and I mean that my monthly bill averaged $30), heat (which again I barely used...nothing that cheap sweatshirts and blankets can't fix if you're just sitting on your computer looking at BP), and running water...and in this regard I literally mean running because I had a 4 foot hole in my dining room ceiling with a plumbing leak and a red Solo cup to catch the drip while I slept on an air mattress on the floor.

And I know I can buy the place below market value but not dirt cheap. 

Looking for a place to buy cheap pre-written bandit signs.

And its fairly cheap area to live as well.  

To me, offering your condolences to strangers while simultaneously trying to get their house for dirt cheap comes off as insincere, bordering on rude.

@Jay Hinrichs and @Ryan Murdock are dead on.In my opinion, the agent's 'message' is fine, but his delivery was poor and unprofessional.

Again, the property was so cheap so I thought it was worth the risk.