The house is paid off and a stones throw away from a hospital, local college, and downtown area.

I'm about to find a lawyer but thought I'd throw it out to this smart group first! 

It is possible that (a) he is not as experienced as he led you to believe or (b) something dramatic has happened in his personal life to throw his business off balance (drugs/divorce/death etc).

If you focus on the deal and spend your time (it's not easy) but when you get a deal with smoking numbers, there are plenty of people that will want to throw money at the deal.

I simply throw away.It is a JOKE!

We (myself and seller) believe that she would be willing to but might need a little coaxing (ie: throw her some cash.) 

I once outbid 19 other offers on a property in MLS because I got their first (I was triggered the minute the property went live on MLS), and I knew the floorplan and could speak intelligently to the agent about the property and neighborhood, so he knew I was less likely to cut and run like many investors who throw offers out there. 

Just throw a number out or by the foot or what?

Just having this thought today on building my cash reserves for investing and wanted to throw the thoughts into BP.

If the reno doesn't add value (increase NOI), then doing it is simply throwing money away.