In areas like you mentioned you can go on the MLS and still find discounted properties fairly easily. 

You stated you have a contract.. so your bound... if you didn't have a penalty clause like if not completed by XXX date you'd get a discount,  then you get to pester and babysit him till it's done.  

Paul Winka Hi Paul, If the floors don't have a lot of cupping or deep scratches, I have rented what I call a "square buff" sander from Home Depot and been quite pleased.

I’m looking to buy my first rental property which coincidentally has been owned by the same folks for twenty or thirty years and is also about $1,200 a year in property taxes.I called the Champaign County Assessor’s office to inquire about a possible change and the clerk who answered said that there were no exemptions in place that would discount the tax amount and that it shouldn’t change.

Do the doors and window trim color in either a deep bronze or a creamy off-white.

What's wholesale/discount to a landlord is different from a rehabber.

As far as ongoing management that is a pretty standard fee that you can benchmark and give a slight discount versus the professional property mgmt companies.

Sort of like the MLS, you have to dig deep to find the real deals.

For one thing you could purchase a fixer at a reasonable discount.

They get a $25 discount.