I hadn't thought of that, and I wouldn't expect it, but it's a good point to note and perhaps worthy of adding a clause into the agreement/proposal regarding the investors' roles and abilities to influence decisions.

For extra credit, you should refer them to a great listing agent and make the introduction!

I actually ended up just leaving everything because I got lucky.I guess if I was intending on keeping this longer I'd probably do something other than carpet, but I rather put down new flooring as I go to sell it vs now to get an extra 100-200 mo.. 

Details in MLSUnits: 6Taxes: $5874 (annual)Gross Income: $48,600 ($675 per month)Net Operating Income $38,838Total Expenses: $9762Vacancy Rate: 5%Asking Price: $449KOwner pays Trash & Water______________________________________________________________Based on the expenses I am assuming that the property management is completed by the owner and that they are including ~$4K a year in insurance.I ran the numbers in my own Deal Analyzer and I added:5% of Effective Gross Income as Maintenance Expense 10% of Effective Gross Income as Property Management ExpenseBumped the vacancy rate from 5% to 10%Insurance: $3000 (annual $500 per door)Water: $3240 ($45 per door - typical in city)Trash: $1,800 ($25 per door - complete guess)$12K for improvements ($2k per door)20 year note @ 5% with 20% down (assuming full asking price)2% Closing costs______________________________________________________________My numbers show a Cap Rate of 5.7%, cash on cash return of -5.12% and -$1,668 of annual cash flow. 

Now do you think that means that in most cases, you are directed to an agent within "their network" who is willing to work for half price to show you homes and negotiate the deal are eager to jump and put in extra effort or deliver the best service?

I understand that there are some folks that will not cure a default and there is no need paying extra on them. 

Adding bedrooms or bathrooms, low price per SQFT, etc.    

(emphasis added).Unless I'm misunderstanding you, this is a formula for disaster, Perhaps you're suggesting @John Keenan load up his offer with contingencies that will allow him to bail out later when he's finished his homework?

Maybe offer an extra $100/mo to cover their hassle?

Then any time you spend from a column you enter that as a negative.For clarity sake I also found that this go to be a lot of extra work as you are essentially creating a budget and then tracking your spending relative to that budget.