Are you the type who likes sales?  

Thats going to improve your chances.

Higher interest is their hedge against the chance that you default.That said, there are basic protections that can be put into place besides just "your word", and a lot of them have already been listed so there's no need in restating (mortgage, alternative asset backing, etc,). 

If she had not called, I would not have even known it was for sale until it was too late.  

(Make sure you are including your closing costs on purchase and sale to compute.)  5% vacancy is probably unrealistically low unless there are long-term tenants (which often means the rents are below-market).

It may be that the tenant is "bluffing" like Chance suggests.  

The easiest way in my opinion is to make the sale for the seller as easy as possible so he's inclined to sell it to you.

Right now the only thing in the 0-60k range in all of Nassau County on MLS is a house boat in port washington:) You can find some beat up properties in suffolk or some unrealistic short sales on MLS.

Southeast North Carolina, there are buildings for sale, condo units and land for more construction of condos.https://www.williamsauction.com/property-plus/dolp...

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