Once you've identified what's important and what ratios to look for to evaluate a property, all future deals should be weighted against those "good" ratios/numbers - and periodically adjust to suit your goals.

Slightly increased the offer to quickly go under contract, but still had inspections and everything done before completing the deal.

unfortunately, I think you are right - it's a difficult market for investors, period. 

Most of our newer investors approach 2-3 lenders to discuss loan options.Some lenders recommend making your financing inquiries within a 45-day time period to avoid larger drops in your credit scores.All the best!

Maybe I’m wrong and you just don’t appreciate your questions getting answered quickly for free by professionals.

Usually there's a lockup period (often three years) in note funds, so you can't use that cash to do direct note investing.  

I want to create a fund that will allow me to purchase distressed homes, fix them up, and sell with owner financing (possibly including a 5 year balloon so as to be able to recapitalize periodically and give investors a shorter horizon).

Quote from @Shawn Questa: A few times I've reached out to Cash Buyers and they would tell me that they are a part of an Investment Group and that they are ready to quickly Close Deals would be happy to work with me.Later I would come to find out that they are actually a Group of Wholesalers, like me.I guess I would prefer to Work directly with the Investor, Cash Buyer or Flipper. 

During this 24-month period, the property must be rented to another person at a fair market rental value.After the 24 month period your sibling could convert it into a primary residence.

It even gave suggestions on what I could improve based on what my competition is offering.Link to the operator in action is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C1uTqgWGfs3AMsUdDWd0FOTbVFM...Quick tip: don’t pay the $200 for this just yet.