It's a great way to get in at a lower cash outlay if the parties are willing to endure living in the construction and also the property as it won't likely be your dream home.Just my 2 cents!

And most of the time they aren't listed, they are found through networking and sleuthing neighborhoods haha..but this strategy would keep you under leveraged, keep your net, worth high, and will always create the necessary cash flow given you are doing all the other things to rent your peppery to good tenants.

No, then move forward ambitiously. you cannot stop along the way and worry if someone may or may not get their feelings hurt by percieved slight they might endure by your hands.

In my response, the last email sent, I listed all the abuses endured and bad business practices.

For a normal sale, depending on the sales contract, there may be monetary limits for repairs the seller will endure in order to sell the property.

have 8 months under my belt so far and have endured as much or more "setbacks" as I've ever seen in all my years of land-lording (lots of appliance, A/C, idiot guests that demand refunds due to crumbs in the toaster [no joke], and the dreaded HOA Special Assessment.

Yes, well it sounds you have endured a series of trials and have lived to tell the tale.

It also has endured some upgrades in the kitchen and window department.  

I've completed each investigation without a fine or any penalties, but it sure is a scary and time consuming process to endure, and it's not fun).

I was fortunate to borrow a season or two of Columbo from my library recently and your description of Falk and how it can relate to what we do by slowing down and sleuthing for deals while not intimidating a seller is awesome!