Each piece has a vital role to play.

If you have to ask, you're the one that's going to get played.

Generally most private money lenders are going to play a lot more conservative but be able to close faster/make a faster decision on lower risk deals. 

This is when hiring or partnering comes into play.

These questions might play a factor on price as well. 

The Arbitrage unit that we operate is owned by a friend, so we probably played a little fast and lose with our agreement with her. 

For LTR they are expensive so it's more of a appreciation play. 

We both lost out to someone that was willing to give the Seller almost the price they were asking because they were doing a 1031 exchange were they had a substantial amount of cash and they liked the property location.This similar scenario has played out for me several times over the last few years because the market was so hot.

You are playing a fine line this close to the extended date though.

Gut it out until the end of January with this person and either a) play more hard ball about the vehicle and other stuff b) play it softer and just gut it out with them2.