It was discussed beforehand and she said it was fine as long as we looked into making the improvements i listed above.

Hello BP community new investor who is interested in finding a multi family in Easton if you are an investor friendly real estate agent or investors I am interested in speaking with you in terms of your experience and knowledge of this area and any advice in investing in Easton in terms of area, type of multi families, great community banks or credit to get financing etc.

- the listing agent has an even bigger commission in the deal if there is no buyer agent, so they may work extra hard to upsell the deal to you to make the deal work - a takeaway may backfire, for example, 6% commission and you ask the seller to now work for 3% and credit the sales price, will they truly represent your best interests? 

Also, you should look for opportunities to buy below market and force some appreciation, so that you are not 100% dependent on cash flow to make all your returns, you will be insulated to some degree from short term market fluctuations, you create multiple profitable exit strategies for yourself, and your cash flow numbers should also improve to boot.

And a ton of money sometimes when we are careful.Stick to your lease agreement, get the Security Deposit, get co-signers if need be, and always run a credit check.  

I've made some improvements and it recently appraised at almost twice what I paid.

My possible strategies:1)  Take out a home equity line of credit on the condo.

My most recent credit score is fair-good and by my calculations, I will have $10K saved by the time that I am ready to purchase the property and move in, but that's my only liquid capital ($10k). 

The franchise owner has a strong credit history has over 20+ stores and the sales of this location appear to be strong.

I am new to REI my plan is to buy a duplex with my credit (have good credit no kids or student loans) and within 6 months purchase another duplex as well.