Or at least walking through with a contractor to understand what's needed. 

Arv on the home is 450 k so the seller is potentially walking away from a 150k profit .

Walk around on a warm Friday night , if you are still alive by the morning you might be in an ok area .

If an agent/seller, or anyone else insists you give them your deposit, it's probably best if you just walk away. 

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.

You may even end up walking away because you end believing it's too hard.I wish more people would give out advice from both sides of the aisle.

When was the last time you walked through the property and the yard to make sure everything was OK?

After walking the property with my contractor we realized that the second floor unit will need to have the floor in three locations to be ripped open and believes there will be sub floor joist that needs to be replaced.

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.

First Book CRE FOR DUMMIES by Peter HarrisSo walking into the first book I had an idea of the big picture but was reluctant to go the syndication route which is to pool together investors to raise capital to attain an asset.The book “Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank. opened my mind to get funding and partner up with like minded investors.I’ve been researching market trends examples job growth, new construction, vacancy rates, entry cap rates, median rents and median price per unit. 2018,2019,2020 in all categories.Also focusing on market cycles and closely analyzing the states that fall in a Recovery Phase & Expansion phase 1 &2.