Dealing with motivated sellers

[Luke McCann]

BP,

I am a freshman in college and have been assigned to write on a controversy in the field of my future career. Being that I am an aspiring real estate investor, I have chosen the topic of taking advantage of motivated sellers. The question I have for my fellow BiggerPockets members is this: where do you draw the line when negotiating down a price with an extremely motivated seller, if at all?

Any input helps, or if there is another controversy you have in mind I'm wide open for suggestions.

Thanks all!