The least he could do, on his sellers behalf as their agent, is to offer a reasonable explanation of why financials are not available and provide some other reassurances.

It's ok, I have enough wiggle room to offer 1800 and get this rented soon(ish).

As soon as I shifted my mindset to offering value and treating the tenants as business partners along with a win/win/win for all is when things started to change for us.

I have a couple of associates that are available to offer the funding to do a flip I have in mind.

I wish I had more to offer, but my advice would be see what restaurants have good foot traffic, but are maybe suboptimal location, and then offer incentives to try and get them in.  

Sub-to offers the seller the ability to walk away AND get their asking price. 

I have experienced cash flow anywhere from 10-18% with so much more to offer.

At that point, it is simply determining how many properties you need to walk each week, making offers (you do not need to offer list price, you offer what makes sense) and eventually you will find a deal.

Curtains are okay, but they tend to offer less protection depending on the tub design.

Today, with the turnover complete and having acquired enough funds to bridge the gap of the low appraisal, I have reached out to OCF for another property and am excited to see what they may have to offer.