Here you will meet wholesalers who will point deals to you and rehabbers.Your market is one of the top emerging markets in the country.To find a good property manager go to IREM.org search for ARM certified they passed a battery of tests to become certified.Good LuckPaul

But, make that offer subject to full verification of the financial data and ANY OTHER MATERIAL FACT offered by the owner and agent.Document the financials as presented and all material facts in an addendum to the contract.

What info/data is the borrower using to determine the lender's minimum bid?

She is the interior designer and I am the numbers/operations guy who intend to put our skills to test in purchasing buy-and-hold properties.We just put an offer in on a place in Bremerton.

environmental testing?

Here they are testing the buyers with new prices at higher levels than before.

There is a lot of useful data on this site for all aspects of real estate investing.

If there's that big of a gap in this price range, and you can't tell from the data yourself yet, then you need to get multiple opinions by the right people.

One way to do that is to learn how appraisals are put together, the guidelines of fannie and FHA, and what data could be used in the appraisal.

Let the data guide you.