I still have some things to learn, but I already have an idea of what to say to them.

I like the ideas I've seen of making two payments to the owner ----- one for the market price "rent" and one for additional down payment. 

Thanks for the warm welcome and I appreciate your offer @PATRECE ROBERTS I look forward to connecting and if you ever have any ideas or question feel to shoot me a message sometime! 

I think your idea of a gift card for new puppy is awesome :)

Typical great idea from gov that has the opposite effect intended.

I guess it is just the idea of multiple loans, as you said.

Once you have this information, you should be able to form a better idea of if this is a good purchase.  

Hi everyone!First time poster!First of all, thank you for your time, I appreciate the community here and look forward to years of great learning.Currently I work for a commercial HVAC company here in Southern Californ...

It's also a good idea to look at what kind of areas are experiencing retail/restaurant booms.

It would give me a better idea for determining if it will cashflow and what I should be offering on these properties.Alternatively if anyone has experience with foreclosures in the CNY or Syracuse area and has a general rule of thumb (if one exists) for making offers on foreclosure listings I'd love to hear about that as well.