And an appraiser will pick the worst comps.

Your worst nightmare will be having a bunch of tenants thinking you are at their beck and call 24/7.As for 203k and Homepath, these are designed for home owners and not investors.

Once you reach a certain age it makes sense to be able to survive in a worst case scenario.

The worst of the five houses gets abandoned.

Prepare for the worst .

Make the offer, the worst thst hsppens it they say no.

The worst that can happen is they counter or say no.After I submitted the offer, the listing agent calls me, screaming at me that I'm a joke and telling me not to ever sling that kind of mud at her again (her words!).

At least in this scenario, worst case is that I only lose money associated with the ejectment if the occupant never leaves vs. paying x amount for the house AND having an occupant that never leaves AND paying for an ejectment.

The worst part is that they generally charge a year of commission as a penalty if you want to break the lease, so it's a very important decision.

So there's no harm in offering what you're comfortable paying now - the worst they can say is no!