Hi Lee.
I just joined the BP Community and trying to navigate my way through to build connections and share experiences. I saw your comment and thinking "are you referring to commercial deals?" Do you only buy commercial?
Reason I ask is because you wanted some words of encouragement and I can relay exactly what you mean. I built my passive portfolio with SFR and 1-2 units in Chicago after the 2008 market crash and only focus on "off market over leveraged deals - known as short sales" Since 2008, I have not experienced what most Investors are sharing on posts regarding deals. I hear & read these comments a lot on the retail market. However, on the hidden market (where I only focus and will only focus regardless of market trends or conditions) this isn't common for me.
I recommend you do opposite of what everyone else is doing and focus on finding your own off market deals I know are in every area. You just need to learn how to find them. Once you do, all these obstacles you find on the open retail market will never apply to you when you learn finding deals on the hidden market.
I created a Blog on Truths and Lies about Short Sales to help bring awareness to BP members not everyone is experiencing same obstacles in finding deals. Because there's a lot of deals for everyone.
Check out my Blog. I know it will help you with pointers you can apply pertaining to finding deals in your area. Hope I could help and best of luck to you in finding your deals.
Hope I inspired you today. Do opposite of what everyone else is doing and you will get different results. You determine your destiny in real estate investing not the market dictating or frustrating you.
Best of luck!
Mary