other than for rental purposes we are cutting way back on flipping for retail.we are concentrating on ground up.. less competition more certainty in cost to build.I am done tearing into a 100 year old house only to discover bad things.

@BrianGarrett Point taken, I’m familiar with the purpose of a wholesaler.

My main goal from REI is to be build a large enough RE portfolio, while finishing my military career, for my wife and I to become financially independent allowing us to focus solely on REI after my retirement.

The seller has provided me with a 2013 appraisal that is quite thorough and has many comps and valuation approaches, but obviously is 5 years old.He also told me that they have a recent appraisal that was done and when I asked to see it, all I received was a couple of sentences that used the income valuation approach to come to the same price he originally offered.My main question is what value does the income valuation approach have to a property that could potentially be vacant in 3 years?

I got some reports and there seems to be structural damage due to flooding from a water main in the area.

I have two main questions: 1) How much under the asking price should I offer?

I live in Henderson Nv and I want to form a self directed IRA/LLC for the purposes of purchasing a business, and possibly real estate.

During inspection noticed cracks in the driveways and after further investigating found roots causing the cracks and were going into foundation..My main concern was roots damaging pipes before having that issue I had tree removed.Honestly I have no idea how big are Cherry Trees and how are the roots.

I've since bought a fourth and really like the business, mainly because I haven't had any negative cash flow property yet and they all start to have positive cash flow within two years. 

This plays a big part in determining the value of the land for development purposes.