Thanks @David Thomas :) I appreciate the sentiments.

Investor sentiment changes year to year based on market dynamics of different assets classes and even subsets of those classes to be in a buy, sell or both position.NNN food you have to be very careful on that.

That is a great sentiment to have isn't it?

This sentiment is actually coming from an emerging group of community-based nonprofits, architects, city planners, and community developers, who see the value of using real estate to development to better their communities by literally shaping and rebuilding them.

Not sure what everyone's market sentiment is here, but there is are pretty straightforward indicators that markets are cooling. 

Also I'd recommend writing a cover letter to go with your offer saying that you are young investor looking to fix up the property to provide a family a nice place to live, yadayada...sometimes the sentimental stuff works and at the very least it could make your offer stand out amongst the dozens!

The items listed sound like they were going to have to be fixed anyway,so the $$$ is what it is.... but the timing sucks My sentiments exactly.

@William Beck Definitely understand the sentiment here...

QuickBooks seems to be popular here, and I will echo the sentiment.

In case I ever come across something in that area :)P.J.I agree with your sentiment that off-market is the way to go in this market, but would take it even further ... mailers can work IF you are mailing to a list that is selective and generally difficult to put together.