He's got a serious DO factor that I only hope to achieve someday.  

Best of luck achieving your goals!

We were wondering what the optimal steps were to take to get this property under contract at a discount that would appeal to both parties involved.

Despite our optimism in having them run the show, we were very discouraged by the numbers and condition we found of most property.

No it does not meet the 1%, because I need to achieve $3000 in rental income and I will be living in the bottom cheaper unit. 

You came to the right place to achieve most of your goals in real estate.

I found that having a flexible career that compliments you being in real estate either as an agent/investor or both truly helps you to achieve your goals a lot quicker.

I'm hoping to leverage the cumulative knowledge and expertise of this community to forego some of that pain when it comes to buy and hold.I'm just a normal guy with a full time job and a dream to achieve financial independence.

My initial offers are typically low ball, but those low ball offers make the math work to help us achieve our RE goals.

My six flat has a mortgage of $200,000, and a value of perhaps $800,000, so I have some equity and would like to achieve a greater cash flow.