Large and national may give you scale of price but be harder to talk strategically with. and you may find that your experience is still determined by the quality and experience of sales person you are assigned to.There's a lot of moving parts but as you can imagine, if the IRS is going to give you an incredible gift like the 1031 to leverage your portfolio it's going to come with some hoops and strings :)

Imagine blowing out a wall and not having a structural engineer sign off on it, no permit and no inspection inspection to make sure that it is safe and done according to the approved drawings.

So what I am imagining is that you're looking on the zillow map for your area and have "for sale" checked and are seeing a ton of properties.

I imagine there are a few lenders who will give you better terms with such a large down payment. 

I imagine you would want to use what is standard verse creating some one off contract.

I can't imagine that being up to code haha.. 

Imagine sitting in front of an investor you are meeting for the first.

I imagine this would be a nightmare situation for the seller as it eliminates many potential buyers.

Hi VicIf you're super stressed about it now,  imagine how stressful you'll be if you're actually in that situation and are regretting the purchase.

I understand he's willing to pay more, my point was upgrading the electrical system could be more valuable then raising the rent. i don't know your property nor the requirements of the dudes grow set up...bit I imagine it could benefit both of you with an upgrade.