I am a realtor based out of the Raleigh area and love helping home buyers whether as an investor of if you’re looking for your forever home!

In fact, I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but I've been investing in midwest markets (Memphis and Detroit) since late 2020 and I'd be happy to answer any questions, give advice based on my experience, or connect you with teams I've worked with.

I have a home based business.

Regardless if a price of a property is high, I learned that sellers are humans and they will react and sell a property based on how they feel.

Could also be a candidate for a short sale.

If after that deduction, and all other deductions you still have cash flow, which is unlikely, it is a candidate for hold however based on your description of the handy work I would guess it to be a maintenance pig that you would be safer to unload now and move on to other endeavors that will have a better chance of being positive cash flow. 

It appears the units are below market, however with some cosmetic repairs and perhaps some capex's I feel I could increase the rent by at minimum (based on local comps) 68%.I would offer 85% of list and estimated $20,000 in repairs/upgrades (this is probably a generous estimate - the property appears to be in good shape, basically needs a face lift).With all these figures, including the 50% rule, financing with 20% down @ 3.5%, I come out to a profit of $262 per unit and a cash-on-cash return of 9.53%.So, does this seems reasonable?

Based on information I've seen, it looks as thought the market might ease up a bit in the latter part of the year and there will be more inventory out there.

Do some investors buy sight unseen based on cap rates?

Based on all your inputs I'm definitely going to walk away but I appreciate everyone thoughts and advice.