Some of the ebooks and tutuorials make it seem like getting a property at 20% discount is easy.

I don't know how I'd react if my son was asking me to take my 'life's work' equity at a discount AND with little or no money down.  

When I run the numbers, it's almost always resulting in negative cash flow.I have a decent amount of equity in my primary residence as I bought it from the county at a deep discount and rehab'd it.  

Most wealthy investors I know buy houses at a discount from today's prices, leverage them up, and wait... for years and years and years.

Do any of you use a ball-park factor when buying properties with vacancies? You'd be assuming the risk that the unit(s) will remain vacant for 6-12 months.Example:You're looking at an office building with 2 out of 4 u...

I heard you can ask for a little discount of you get a maintenance plan with a pest control company.  

The cash buyer is going to want a discount.  

This was probably one of those half-empty properties sold at a huge discount during the last recession.

., as a special discount, I'll only charge you $1,000 to ring you up once a week and remind you to be nice to Sellers, and ask have you closed a deal yet?

A few groups also provide you w/ discounts on products needed for renovation thru local channels.Find a local Robert Kiyosaki Cash Flow game.