- it puts the ball in their court- I just have to be happy if they say paying for some, all, or none of it.

in most counties in CA you would be lucky to have one or two houses in a year actually make it all the way to the sale.. either lender redeems owner redeems or someone pre tax sale snags it. as for these little strips of land  just do nothing.. they only have value usually to a neighbor and the neighbor just use's it anyway.. who is going to spend the money to go out and re fence off a strip of land just to keep someone off of 5 feet ... unless its critical area. then its another issue.back in the day it was quite common for developers who sold land housing tracks to just let their odd ball lots or remainder strips go to tax sale..

While nobody has a crystal ball, I think that having deep knowledge on a market and strong local relationships in that market are some of the most effective ways to attempt to predict the future of the market.

Sounds like a ball. 

I buy the peppermint oil and pour drops in cotton ball to place in every room.

Although I knew it was a low ball offer and didn't expect my first offer would be accepted, I was still pretty excited pursuing my first REI deal. 

So now I again quit my good paying job, got my license in Florida in Sept. of 2017, but now life threw me a curve ball, met a great girl which now is my wife and move my behind to Georgia, I am currently working towards obtaining my license in Georgia.

To consider the stock market will double every 10 years historically its a much easier investment.Now if your argument was buying 20 acres of woodlands on undeveloped land on the edge of town thats a different ball game.

I think they key is to be truthful though - in these cases (at least with FSBOs) you're going to be one of the lower offers and it helps them to adjust to that idea a bit better than a BAM IN YOUR FACE low ball offer out of the blue.

I personally wouldn't want to get involved with this unless you were confident you had an end buyer lined up in case the bank doesn't play ball like you hope.