Many times a seller will not want to sell at a big enough discount to warrant a wholesale deal but will list the property. 

Is there any chance they could negotiate handing over the keys much earlier than April 30th in exchange for a partial discount on the months rent?  

It just wouldn't work for us. we explained our reasoning to her and suggested that we would be willing to do a lease back at a significant discount for a few months so the current owners could be ready to go when they found their new house.

If you have the funds available and you are able to buy 5 units with hard money at a discounted price, there are portfolio lenders that will allow you to cash out up to 75% of fair market value with little or no value seasoning.  

Ryan Dossey Yeah, I think the fact that I told him at a "discount price" and he wasn't that motivated either he said he was interested in moving in a couple months

This is a great place to network and there are a ton of great professionals here locally and nationally that can offer tremendous insight.

You will find this a tremendous resource for all of your real estate needs.

@Jessica Martin it can be done just like houses, but you usually are selling to developers or builders, though I often sell with enough discount a larger investor will buy it to sit on it.

However, you can still keep your properties with Allstate if you like the service/rates or your NY agent, and sometimes the multi-policy discounts will apply even to risks distributed between states.Many brokers, who represent multiple insurance companies, are licensed to write in multiple states.  

I haven't seen many lately....and the ones that I have are not trading at a discount relative to deferred maintenance.