using rent credits for sellers concessions is ok Using it to decrease sales price for create a deposit down painter is not OK per Dodd Frank ,  it was creating a financing agreement which makes it difficult to evict the tenant versus having to foreclose  Think of using rent credits for down payments or decreasing sales prices as the same as a contract for deed,  and eating a registered mortgage loan originator to underwrite the buyer 

I would look at the NW as well before I put all my eggs over there.. but if you have to go cheaper rentals that's better than other areas for sure.

Nice to have for recommendations/ places to eat etc- but for booking it's pretty worthless 

If the property operates at a loss he eats all of it.

One at 8, then another at 9am etc) and you can get all your guys in there to place a bid on one day vs eating up your time over a week.

Unless I was 100% sure I did not lose the rent, I would eat the cost.  

If you use up all the return then inflation will eat at your capital and your 600k will be worth a lot less than today.

I agree with Carolina E., at my main job we do not end leases in November or December due to it being harder to get tenants in when it's cold.

I'm working towards my first flip and I'm trying to determine if an addition would eat my profit or be a good investment.

For those of you who know about investing in tax liens, it's usually a "don't put all your eggs into one basket" type of investment.