There continued to be water entering the garage I have since had to have fixed.

Hoping he'll see something in me that makes him want to share his expereinces and continue to stay in touch. 

I’ll continue to push my own marketing campaign.You ever purchase a property at a sheriff sale?  

This market will be difficult to cash flow today, and competition for multis is insane.I am currently playing in the Detroit market where I believe I will repeat what I achieved in Atlanta, and continue to grow passive income.You may find my post on....."

You make your money when you buy, don't overbid and play the appraisal game.

It's a relationship type business played on a local field.Take inventory of you strengths and interests.

Thanks Derek for the advice that's really helpful, and yes as soon as she told me I shared my condolences and did ask a little bit about the situation but I didn't want to dig down too much to the point where it may be too personal for her to talk about to a stranger.I definitely like the part of continuously following up with her and building a relationship, that makes sense and once she is ready to sell then I think I will have a leg up on others.So my next step is to find out the ARV of the property through comps and like you said try to figure out how much repair cost it needs then make an offer.

@Joe XieReport to craigslist and continue to monitor the site in case it comes back up.

I'm planning on revising our budget so we can bank my full income in 2019 which would give us about 40k+ cash to play with if all goes well.

Rancho continues to influx and grow.