One man's opinion -Buyer's, if they are not themselves members of the MLS system, are not bound by its rules and I don't see how anything she did violates the law.IF the listing agent does not do his/her job - and sometimes they do not out of greed or sloth - it would be INappropriate for the buyer's agent to go directly to the tenant leaving the buyer with a tough choice. 

Seattle- The market has become a popular choice for both domestic and global investors.

I really like the facetime-viewing idea as well, I'm going to keep that in mind.I'm also very interested in Texas, and you've reinforced the need to build a strong network in my market of choice!  

Buying long term buy and hold is often a better choice when a market is bottoming.

Since multifamily properties in good neighborhoods closer to NYC are cost prohibitive, I have no choice but to buy and hold further north (Orange, Ulster, Putnam, Dutchess) or to consider long distance investing.

They had a few choices and maintenance would paint it before move in.

I hate to have to do it, but I see no other choice at this point... 

You have to make choices in life, do you need the "payments" or can you put those off and divert that money to savings for you first deal.  

Sometimes, you don't have a lot of choices.

I have noticed that a lot of rental units have furnace and hot water heaters in  the unit where the tenant pays all utilities,is this because it is cheaper in the long run to add the furnace and hot water heaters during the rehab and /or easier to just let the tenant pay everything.The property I am looking at does not have anything in it as far as heating but maybe the other owner was starting to run pipes for baseboard heating.I want to buy a 4 unit with a possible unit in basement so my question is, what choice should I make for the heating,which one is cheaper,more convenient for both  myself and the tenant.I do have a choice but don't know which route to take, or what are the questions to ask myself to make the proper choice.