., assume fewer things are OK and be more cautious about possible issues).Besides the overall state of the market, which has taken more buyers out of the market and thus shifted more power to buyers vs. sellers, also look at that specific property, specifically its time on market and listing history.If it was listed 6 months ago, didn't sell, and was relisted 2 months ago and has already been on market 50+ days before your offer was accepted, I'd think you'd be in a stronger position to make more asks from the inspection results, than if this was the first time it was listed and it's only been 3 DOM, and especially if there were multiple offers (though sometimes those are made-up so I'd give more weight to DOM than alleged other offers).

I have been looking for my first rental property deal in Eastern Iowa (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, etc) for the past several months and so far have come up dry. 

Guys please let me know if you can share anything about Iowa City, Cedar Rapids & Davenport areas.

I'd give the most weight to word of mouth referrals from investors you trust and online reviews (specifically Bigger Pockets references which are the easiest to verify since they're linked to the reviewers profile).

With the rapidly changing laws, only an experienced lawyer will know how to navigate through them and get you the best possible outcome.

It is a busy and rapid pace that was hard for me to keep track of the first few times I went with my friend.

Seller’s agents love speed and with a buyer that is fully approved your offers will hold much more weight.

The city is experiencing rapid growth and has a strong rental demand, which makes it a great place to invest in multi-family properties or commercial real estate.Another option to consider is investing in real estate crowdfunding platforms, which allow you to invest in a diversified portfolio of properties across multiple markets.

Buyers/new owner would have to pray for rapid appreciation in order to take equity out to remodel the home, pay for kids education, start a business, etc.

That would imply a rapidly increasing population to that particular part of the city with a flat or diminishing amount of SFHs.