From the seller's account of the interaction, he was offering $6,000 on the $5000 that I had the property under contract, essentially trying to go “around me”.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

You also get to interact with those doing deals and your bigger clients you will have access to.. 

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

., in that if an owner is also interacting with the residents, it's going to end badly because the residents are going to run to you when they don't get the answer they like from the PM.

But appraisers are human and a white, no clock Roper range with coil heating elements will likely lower the perceived quality of the property.

Biggerpockets is amazing and has provided some of the best resources and information found publicly anywhere on the internet at no cost, but find it lacks Canadian interaction, connections, and relatable content. 

This is the reason many medieval jewish tradesmen found thier living as money lenders financing non-jewish nobles and clergy who were not allowed to practice usury amongst themselves.Banks in Israel build this kind of thing into all loan agreements in order to satisfy religious political elements and not forego entire swaths of potential customers.

I can't speak to the specifics of Newburgh but I can imagine with the introduction of the casino, the elements at play and the development in Dutchess, and the continued expansion at Stewart will all bode well for the Newburgh market as well. 

You also loose the opportunity to meet people and interact with them.