Then you gotta make the call to move ahead or not.To answer the original question of negotiation, I tend to be agressive with my first offer, it is the job of a real estate agent or present all offers.

If you have a solid job on the west side, it could be that your strongest strategy might be best served by starting your investing there, where the leveraging might be much more powerful for the moment than in MT, particularly because your leveraging power as owner occupant can be the best of all leverage.  

Hi Clara,I don't want to steal Jordan's thunder (he's done an awesome job with his investment portfolio), so I will briefly share that I specialize in commercial real estate investing. 

I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself as well as get more involved in the local RE community.I'm 25, moved to New York City (Astoria) about 3.5 years ago, and have a full time corporate job in Financial Services Consulting.

I love Columbus and I think the city has started to do a better job of maintaining young professionals after graduating from OSU.

The second is that we are a long way off an automated model actually doing the same job as a high level LO.

My property management company does a decent job, but after a recent walk of the property I realized I needed to immediately fire my lawn company (he took a 3 week vacation in the summer!).

Keep in mind this is not the most user friendly website lol:https://www.huduser.gov/portal/ushmc/home.html#state_mapFrom there I try to find sub markets within the metro area that are close to the median rent, have a unique draw (walk ability, close to jobs, good schools ect) and are either in the path of progress or in a very supply constrained area.

I work a full time job and earn about 70k a year.

My big, giant, red flag concern is that there is virtually no job growth in this area.