The institutions are hesitant to use buyer side brokers.

Please keep in mind even though they are are not a traditional lending institution they still may go off of your credit, your income, experience, and how much capital you have have to put down towards any investment opportunity, mainly looking for how much skin in the game can you bring to the table and ability to back it up.

Upon inspection of the exterior of the house the night of the event, I discover sand bags butting up against the side that were covered by pine straw.

However, she is being harassed by a neighbor who discovered she is receiving a subsidy for housing. 

This gives you a year to discover what deferred maintenance needs to be done, without the worry of a high cost capex type repair coming out of your budget right away.

NOI: $78,371 ($6,531/m)Cap rate: 3.4% GRM 19.4-Seller is "motivated" and has offered seller financing with two Scenarios:Option one: $2.3M Selling Price$390K down (17%)Balance of $1.9M at 1% interest w/ a 30 yr Amort. w/ a 5 year call (30/5) in the first year ($6,140/mo. plus taxes & insurance.)Then 2% interest w/ a 30/4 ($7,056/mo + T&I)Then 3% interest w/ a 30/3 ($8,048/mo + T&I)Then 4% interest w/ a 30/2 ($9,114/mo+T&I)Then 5% interest w/ a 30/1 ($10,248/mo +T&I)At the end of the five years, the owner would the option to refinance the property with a loan institution of their choice, or negotiate another 5 years with seller at a renegotiated interest rate.  

My investor interest rates are not lowered than many recent rates because the lending institutions realize the Corona risk in rentals.  2) All this printing of money may result in higher inflation.  

I think any "institutional" investor would say to create the liability shield but if its your first deal likely your not protecting billions of assets the choice is yours what you think is appropriate.

This article should help with picking comps: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-compsThis one should help with analyzing a neighborhood: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/7-ways-discover-neighborhood-coming

We can’t force trades and we’re always at the mercy of institutional traders with all insider info. 😭 I still trade but on longer timeframes.