I know they are on their second or third property manager, so it may have been the property manager during the lease negotiations that dropped the ball.  

The price dropped $7,000 overnight, so we are offering $80,000.

There are certainly good people in all area codes, which you can find if you screen enough, but buy-n-large you will be dropping by the property in Lackawanna MUCH more often to fix things than if you had bought in a nicer neighborhood.

It’s dropped quite a bit from list price and I’d be using a VA guaranteed loan as well.

I know that sounds crazy, but I was never a good student and even dropped out of college (multiple times) because I realized the only reason I was even attending was to get a degree that would allow me to get a job that would pay well enough to let me afford my first house.. wow that's a mouthful.

Always ends up dropping it well below the 1% rule.

We find it common that prospective tenants drop out at this point. 

-Have a realtor set up an account for you that will give you email alerts anytime a new multi-family property comes on the market, or experiences a price drop.  

The mail was dropped through a slot so the mail delivery person never noticed it piling up.

They came back with a price reduction of 4K and wouldn't drop any lower.