@Daria B.Call some agents in this area and explain what it is your looking to do.As I understand it from the above posts you are looking into a new area.

Can you please explain that?

So they will try to overcome any objection to close a sale.

As I've been focused on probates for some 20+ years, you just have to decide if you're serious if just playing with another shiny object idea.

The expenses seem a bit low, but they just did a lot of capital improvements which may explain that number.As for what to expect in maintenance costs, well that varies of course but nationally for multifamily naahq.org publishes repair/maintenance costs at 3.7% of gross rents.

I would make a few phone calls to some other real estate attorneys, and explain the situation to them and see what they say about your situation. 

Definitely talk to you lender that will be helping you with the loan and they will explain how they classify the transaction.  

I too started out looking for a mentor only to realize the direction provided seems to be missing specific objectives.

At that point, the seller can't object based on price.

However, I'll leave it to @Nathan Roach to explain how it may or may not relate, since I'm definitely not a crowdfunding expert.