It will tell you it "should" be, but the job is for you to know it well enough to tell IT what the pricing should be. 

That was enough to get me through the door but his company offered a few other things I didn't expect such as an intro to the lender, title company, insurance agent, and property management team.

The former surveyor was nice enough to call me back, but will not offer recommendations.

Instead, I stumbled into the strategy by accident but I believe it helps paint the picture that you can be successful if you are not merely looking to replicate the housing that everyone else in the city is offering.

If it is that much below market value, then I would offer higher and have the Seller evict.

We think it will make a great short-term rental in a very office-space-heavy area.I want to offer her a higher sale price (closer to what she wants) if we can make the deal work for us.Any suggestions?

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with zero or negative relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

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