If you pay too much, it will pressure your relationships with tenants. 

approach with no pressure - hopefully leading to getting 4-5 questions answered to determine motivated seller.

If you're feeling the pressure to do this deal, even if the numbers don't work for you, then deal flow is your main problem to solve.

No pressure, I just hate to do all that work and then nobody gets to benefit from it.. hahaI find solid duplexes for under $500k all the time, so staying under your budget is very conceivable. 

Pressuring you, in a hurry, and the rest.

Usually, this puts pressure to leave sooner—best of luck to you.

To keep pressure on them, we usually move the Eviction Process forward by sending the following to an attorney to file for a court date:Copy of the signed eviction noticeCopy of a ledger showing balance owingCopy of the leaseCopy of any city required landlord license, rental registration, etc.NOTE: Only the property owner can represent themselves in court, we MUST use an attorney.Day 16-19:FILING CONFIRMATION: We follow up (f/u) with attorney to make sure they received our email & are filing case with court.Day 19-22:COURT DATE CHECKUP: We f/u with attorney for court date if not received yet.Day 20-25:COURT DATE SET: When we get a court date, we try to determine if tenant(s) still in property:If so, we try to contact them about paying their balance.

Putting it in a box doesn't count becuase you can't control the weather or thieves.If it were me, I would put pressure on her to prove that the check was cashed.

This puts pressure on demand for housing as well.

Fortunately, this website contains a wealth of knowledge and advice in the forums and podcasts, so at least it feels like I have a pressure suit on now. :)If I had only read a bit further before we put an offer in on a potential rental, then I could have saved us some heartache.Wrongly, I presumed, we would have financing in place.