What am I doing wrong?

[Keith Jacobson]

I've got a problem that seems unique. My partner and I have been looking for a multi-family property. I'm a Broker in Illnois, but we're looking in the surrounding states. We've found a few properties that meet our criteria on loopnet and the MLS, but the realtors listing the properties will not return phone calls. I've called one broker once a week for the past three weeks. No response. I've reached out through the broker's website, I've emailed. I've called and left messages. Crickets.... Then a week later, the property is listed as under contract.

Do I smell through the phone? Is my request for the financials too burdensome?  I don't get it.  Any suggestions I can use to convince people to let me buy things from them?