. - The property manager should be able to educate you on a market (if needed) , help you form a strategy, fit right into your due diligence process, and execute on a clear takeover game plan as soon as you hold title.- Resonable pricing for the area! 

That lets the person know that they probably won't get it unless you have a unit that no one wants...in which case Section 8 is probably something you should be looking at as a potential customer base. 

Great track record of happy customers. 

In my rehab, which I visit the house w a GC (so numbers are right, he game me 170k with padding and I added 15k for holding).

They’ve got the game figured out.

But a condo would "get you in the game" and hopefully will appreciate some while you are living there for free or next to nothing.

Ask their previous customers if they were on time, easy to work with, and if they did a quality job. 

You'll still be ahead of the game by generating income from it.  

On the other hand, if you are accredited, then there are many other choices with much more experience, much more skin in the game and/or much lower fees.

I am an electrician and one of my customers just mentioned the family wants to sell the old family house which is held in the family trust.